Restaurant Service Worker Dashboard

The purpose of this page is to provide insight on your earnings as a tipped-worker and provide some information on your rights in the workplace, including the right to a fair minimum wage. Customize this page so that it includes information about your position as your specific situation may vary depending on your location. Guide your use of the “Employee Schedule and Wage Tracker” and “Directly Supporting Work Tracker” through the related descriptions.

And finally, inform yourself on your rights as a tipped-worker!

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Employee Schedule and Wage Tracker:

Before use:
Confirm the following:
Hourly Rate
Percent Tip Out
County Minimum Wage

In Receiving Your Schedule:
Use the provided templates to indicate shift type. Make sure to turn on “Include Time” and “End Date.”

During use:
Use the buttons on the Employee Dashboard to “Punch In” or “Punch Out.”

After shift, edit the following:
Break
Tip Earnings
Tip Out Sales

Inferring Data:
If shift earnings do not meet “Minimum Wage Earnings,” then the value of “Meets Wage Requirement?” will be false.

Please note that values are before tax deductions.

Directly Supporting Work Tracker:

For use in the United States, in accordance with 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 531.56:
(3) Directly supporting work is work performed by a tipped employee in preparation of or to otherwise assist tip-producing customer service work.
(4) An employer can take a tip credit for the time a tipped employee spends performing work that is not tip-producing, but directly supports tip-producing work, provided that the employee does not perform that work for a substantial amount of time.

For use of this tracker, either of the following should relate to you:
(i) The directly supporting work exceeds a 20 percent workweek tolerance, which is calculated by determining 20 percent of the hours in the workweek for which the employer has taken a tip credit. The employer cannot take a tip credit for any time spent on directly supporting work that exceeds the 20 percent tolerance. Time for which an employer does not take a tip credit is excluded in calculating the 20 percent tolerance;

or (ii) For any continuous period of time, the directly supporting work exceeds 30 minutes. If a tipped employee performs directly supporting work for a continuous period of time that exceeds 30 minutes, the employer cannot take a tip credit for any time that exceeds 30 minutes. Time in excess of the 30 minutes, for which an employer may not take a tip credit, is excluded in calculating the 20 percent tolerance in paragraph (f)(4)(i) of this section.

References: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2023-title29-vol3/pdf/CFR-2023-title29-vol3-sec531-56.pdf

I will continue to update the template, so don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!