Well whoopy for Oregon. They don't let the employer take a tip credit but they still let the employer take tips away from the waiter so that they can be given to other workers. What's the difference? The argument of the Oregon Restaurant Assoiation is that they would like a tip credit so that they can pay their non-tipped workers higher wages. While the state of Oregon has fought off their efforts to institute a tip credit for business owners, Oregon is still allowing businesses to give their other workers raises by taking the waiter's tips through employer required tip outs. So now Oregon seems to think they can brag about not allowing employers to steal their employee's tips with a tip credit when they are openly allowing business owners an ability to steal their employee's tips with an allowance of employer required tip pooling. Both of these business practices are nothing more than stealing. If Oregon is going to brag about protecting it's workers then protect them, don't just protect them a little more than other states and pat yourself on the back.