[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Note that tip income is the property of the server, not the restaurant owner. The restaurant can require that tips be pooled and shared among other employees who normally receive tips. But, it is illegal for the restaurant owner to take a cut of the tip income. It is also illegal for other non-tipped employees, like cooks and dish washers, to receive a cut of the tip income.

Is that Florida or nationally making it illegal for pooling to be offered to cooks and dishwashers?.