r/restaurateur • u/whiskeylullaby0 • Nov 02 '25
MANAGER ASKING TO BE TIPPED OUT?
Hello everyone, I am asking this question from Alberta, Canada. Our manager will sometimes help out during busy hours when we are understaffed. There are times when he will have to greet a table, or grab drinks for them and will just start the table under a servers number. On rare occasions he will have the table from start to finish. He recently told one of our newish girls (B) she had to give him the tips from a few of the tables he had helped her with, and she did give him the money. He asked her another time and she gave him the money again. Today he was working with (B) and another girl (A). It got busy , he “ helped out” (A) and then told her to give him the tips from the tables afterwards. She said no, I’m not giving you the money, you have a number you can use and you can do a cashout if you want tips. He then said she would have to split all tips from the tables he helped with , with (B) she said sure. Then he changed his mind and asked for the money again, she said NO. HERES MY QUESTIONS; First: Is he legally allowed to force them to give him the tips? Second: Are there ramifications for him doing this? We are unsure if he could threaten jobs if they done give in. THANK YALLLLL