Alaska Prohibits Employers from Mandating Tip Sharing

Alaska Employee Tips Regulations 

Effective June 29, 2018, the Alaska employee tips regulation prohibits employers from handling an employee’s tips except when delivering the tip to the employee when a customer uses a credit card or redistributing tips to employees under a tip pooling arrangement. 
The amended regulation also requires that if redistributing tips to tipped employees under a tip pooling arrangement:

• employers must provide written notice to all tipped employees of the tip pooling arrangement;
• any changes to a tip pooling arrangement must be provided in writing on the payday before the payday on which the change becomes effective; and
• a tip pooling arrangement may not be retroactive.

• Provide written notice of any tip pooling arrangement to all tipped employees.
• Not include non-tipped employees in tip pools and remove them if they are currently included.
• Ensure that all non-tipped employees are paid the Alaskan minimum wage.
• Review and revise, if necessary, policies and procedures concerning tipped employees.
• Train employees on the amended requirements.