Comments on: Starbucks barista tips: appeals court reverses $86 million award

By: Connecticut Employment Law Blog

Connecticut Employment Law Blog — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:50:10 +0000

Quick Hits: BMI, E-Verify Delays, NLRB Two-Member Board Decisions, Starbucks & Tips, Twitter…

With all the developments the last week or two with the Connecticut legislative session, it’s been difficult to keep up with everything ELSE happening in employment law. So, time for a "Quick Hits" post, where I recap some of the……

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:44 +0000

Todd: I think it was a non-barista-supervisor who filed the suit. His beef was that the semi-supervisors were forcing a seven- instead of six-way split, thus taking money out of his pocket.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:29:29 +0000

I think the issue of whether fifty bucks worth of tips should be split six or seven ways — which is the issue here — should go to the Hague. And perhaps the Galactic Federation Courts. Expense should never be an objection is pursuit of perfect justice. Particularly when the lawyers are up for one-third of an eighty-six million dollar award on contingency.

Bob

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:46:04 +0000

Perhaps those baristas-supervisors should have considered spilling some of that unnecessarily hot coffee on themselves before filing their claim.

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:14:36 +0000

Starbucks barista tips: appeals court reverses $86 million award…

It does not violate the law for shift supervisors to share in the tip jar, ruled a California court of appeal [Central California Business Times; earlier; cross-posted from Overlawyered]……