‘My boss is shorting my tips’: Server quits after finding out employer is shorting their tips under the guise of decreasing hourly rate

Employers don't always exactly abide by the law; some refuse tax forms in favor of under-the-table pay, which is really bad for servers in the long run. In this case, OP was working at a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant that served authentic Thai food. According to OP, her boss was actually pretty nice, but soon enough, OP realized that may not be the case. It began with less pay than usual, which OP found suspicious. OP approached their boss and asked for a tax form, which was refused upon request. OP's boss's reasoning was that they preferred everything 'stay under the table'. The issue was, OP was making less and less, so OP demanded the tax form anyway. Their boss reluctantly agreed, and that was when OP realize that they were indeed being shorted… and a pretty big amount, at that.

OP realized they simply couldn't afford to keep working there, and broached the question in r/antiwork, asking the obvious: was this even legal? The short answer is no, it is not. Scroll down to read exactly what went down. For more like this, here is an employee who quit after being denied a well earned vacation; the rest of the employees at their company quickly followed suit, creating a massive domino effect.

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