Tipping in the service industry

[Joods]

Yes that is the law, but how many servers do you know are actually going to tell their employers how much tips in cash they received? Most of the time, people put tips on their credit cards, which is why paychecks are so low. I speak from experience myself.

This point actually supports my argument. If a server doesn't tell their employer their cash tips, then their hourly pay will be less (in the eyes of the employer), which means they get more money from the employer as the employer has to bump up their pay to reach minimum wage levels. This would actually be abuse of the system by the server.

Unless I'm mistaken, credit card tips are taken off at a later date, and they are recorded on the restaurant receipt, which would list the server's name, so the server should (by law) get that tip.

Oh I didn't disagree with you. 

As for credit card tips - it depends on the restaurant owner. Some servers get them once a week. Others get them at the end of each day and still others get them in their paychecks. The salon I worked at would give them to you in your paycheck, after they took taxes out of them. That's why I would tell my clients if they preferred to tip in cash, I wouldn't mind.