Starbucks again sued over tips
Another former Starbucks employee is suing over the way the coffee chain store divides up tips.
Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) is already planning to appeal a California judge’s order that it pay $100 million in tips and interest because supervisors shared in the tips given to baristas. And on Wednesday another state lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts.
Now a Minnesota lawsuit accuses Starbucks of the same thing. It says Starbucks broke a Minnesota law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to share tips fast cash advance. The lawsuit claims that some of those who shared in the tips were supervisors.
Starbucks says its baristas and shift supervisors share tips because they all provide the same customer service. They’re all hourly employees. Starbucks says store managers do not get tips.
The Minnesota case is in Washington County and seeks class-action status.