Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating potential wage violations involving Good Day Farm dispensary employees who received customer tips.
Good Day Farm operates cannabis dispensaries where employees such as budtenders and other retail workers may receive tips from customers. Public employee reports raise concerns about whether employees always received the full amount of tips intended for them, including a report that employee tips were used to cover register or vault shortages.
Migliaccio & Rathod is also investigating whether managers or supervisors at Good Day Farm may have participated in employee tip pools. Federal law generally prohibits qualifying managers and supervisors from keeping portions of tips belonging to other employees, including through a pooled-tip arrangement.
Employees Report:
- Receiving cash or electronic tips from dispensary customers;
- Having customer tips combined into a tip pool;
- Money being removed from employee tips to cover register or vault shortages;
- Not receiving a clear accounting of how pooled tips were distributed;
- Working alongside leads or supervisors who exercised authority over other employees; and
- Concerns about whether supervisory employees received portions of pooled tips.
Public information regarding Good Day Farm describes a retail hierarchy involving hourly budtenders and leads as well as supervisory and management personnel. The available information makes the handling and distribution of employee tips an important issue for current and former Good Day Farm workers.
Potential Claims May Include:
- Improper retention or diversion of employee tips;
- Using employee tips to cover business expenses or cash shortages;
- Improper manager or supervisor participation in employee tip pools;
- Failure to pay employees all tips owed;
- Violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and
- Violations of applicable state wage laws.
Signs You May Be Affected:
- You worked for Good Day Farm as a budtender, lead, Sales Floor Supervisor, or similar dispensary employee;
- Your location accepted customer tips;
- Your tips were combined with tips received by other employees;
- Money was deducted from the tip pool because of register or vault shortages;
- Managers or supervisors received portions of the employee tip pool; or
- You received less in tips than you believed you had earned without a clear explanation.
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