Hello!
Recently, the bar I work at has transitioned to using a third-party tip distribution app. We've used these things in the past, which have had their own shady legal grey-areas, but as part of on-boarding onto this new platform, we've been told that the processing fee (they called it a transaction cost) will be deducted from our tips automatically at the time of payment.
As far as I can tell, deducting any sort of processing fee (other than credit cards, which is allowed for some reason) from tips is illegal.
What legal grounds do I have to push back on this? Can employers deduct from my tips just to pay out said tips?
Who would I contact about following up on this? I'd like to have my ducks in a row before confronting my employers.
Thanks in advance!