“Nice to see that the courts are now making decisions on how private business should be run, all the way down to who gets the tips. Its hard to see where the madness will end.”
No, that’s not what the court did. It’s a badly-written article offering little clarity, but the court was just deciding how existing NY state law applies to the facts of this case. When the parties can’t agree on how a law applies, courts are SUPPOSED to sort it out. If you don’t think the law should concern itself with coffee shop tips, I guess you have a beef with the NY legislature that made the law.
(I think a tip jar should be a matter for private employment contracts, not for legislatures. But I’m also a neanderthal who also believes minimum wage laws are stupid, so my opinion doesn’t count.)
“If you don’t think the law should concern itself with coffee shop tips, I guess you have a beef with the NY legislature that made the law.”
I’ve had a beef with the NYS legislature for the last 30 years. I can’t wait to retire so I can escape the left bank of the Hudson river.