British Columbia passes law prohibiting employers from taking tips

It’s a start, but unenforceable unless the employer is really careless. All they (the employers, to circumvent the law) need to do is invoke a “tip pool” policy to share a percentage with all employees; a common, and popular practice. A dish washer or bar-back can make an extra $100+ for four hours work without actually being tipped by a customer. But then no-one can really say for sure if mgt divided up the loot as promised, since it all disappears into their hands and back out onto paychecks days or weeks later, and no-one knows their formula anyway. Employees could hardly keep track of everyone’s schedules and tips collected, in order to check the figures. Of course, the mgt will always err in their own favor too, heh.