Draft Tip Pooling Agreement

[IMPORTANT   N OTE   A BOUT   T HIS   S AMPLE   A GREEMENT:     T his   s ample   a greement   i s   p rovided   f or  

general   g uidance   o nly   a nd   d oes   n ot   c onstitute   a dvice   a bout   c ompliance   w ith   a pplicable   l aws.    

Please   c onsult   w ith   a n   e mployment   a ttorney   o f   y our   c hoice   b efore   i mplementing   a ny   p ortion   o f  

this   s ample   a greement.]  

 

 

Voluntary   T ip-­‐Pooling   A greement  

 

The   f ollowing   t ip-­‐pooling   g uidelines   a pply   t o   e ligible   e mployees   w ho   c hoose   t o   p articipate   i n  

[EMPLOYER]’s   v oluntary   t ip-­‐pooling   a rrangement.    

 

Employees   w ho   d irectly   s erve   c ustomers   i n   t he   f ollowing   j ob   c lasses   a re   e ligible   t o   p articipate   i n  

[EMPLOYER]’s   v oluntary   t ip   p ool:     [ LIST   P OSITIONS   –   e .g.,   w ait   s taff,   c ounter   p ersonnel   w ho   s erve  

customers,   b us   s taff,   s ervice   b artenders,   b ellhops].     O nly   e mployees   w ho   c ontribute   t o   t he   t ip   p ool  

arrangement   w ill   b e   c onsidered   p articipants   i n   t he   p ool.     N o   s upervisors   o r   m anagers   w ill   b e   e ligible   t o  

receive   a ny   s hare   i n   t he   t ip   p ool.  

 

[PROVIDE   D ETAILS   O F   E MPLOYER’S   T IP-­‐POOLING   A RRANGEMENT.]     I t   i s   t he   p olicy   o f   [ EMPLOYER]   t o  

comply   w ith   f ederal   a nd   s tate   l aws   r egarding   p ayment   o f   w ages   a nd   t ax-­‐reporting   o f   t ips/gratuities.     T o  

the   e xtent   a ny   p rovision   o f   t hese   t ip-­‐pooling   g uidelines   c onflicts   w ith   f ederal   o r   s tate   l aw,   a pplicable   l aw  

supersedes   t hese   g uidelines.    

 

By   s igning   b elow,   I   a cknowledge   t hat   I   u nderstand   t hese   t ip-­‐pooling   g uidelines   a nd   c hoose   t o   p articipate  

in   [ EMPLOYER]’s   v oluntary   t ip-­‐pooling   a rrangement.    

 

If   I   h ave   a ny   q uestions   a bout   t he   t ip-­‐pooling   a rrangement,   I   u nderstand   t hat   I   s hould   c ontact   [ TITLE].     I  

also   u nderstand   t hat   i f   I   l ater   d ecide   I   d o   n ot   w ant   t o   c ontinue   p articipating   i n   t he   v oluntary   t ip-­‐pooling  

arrangement,   I   m ust   c ontact   [ TITLE]   t o   o pt   o ut   o f   t he   t ip   p ool.      

 

 

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Employee   N ame  

 

 

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Employee   S ignature  

 

 

 

 

 

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