Tips, pooling & payroll, made clear
Plain-English guides for restaurant owners and managers — the law, the math, and the mechanics of splitting tips fairly.
Tip Pooling Laws: The Complete Guide
Who can legally share in a tip pool, the manager/owner rule, tip credits, and the FLSA basics every operator should know.
Read the guide →Tip Pooling Laws by State
Every state's tip-credit status at a glance, with links to full guides for the states we cover in depth.
Read the guide →California Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit, tips belong to staff, and who's allowed in a pool — the California-specific rules that differ from federal law.
Read the guide →New York Tip Pooling Laws
The Hospitality Wage Order, tip credits, eligible occupations, and who can share — New York's specific tip rules.
Read the guide →Texas Tip Pooling Laws
The $2.13 tipped wage, tip-credit pooling limits, credit-card fee rules, and who's excluded — Texas follows the federal baseline.
Read the guide →Florida Tip Pooling Laws
Florida's rising minimum wage, the fixed $3.02 tip credit, pooling eligibility, and card-fee rules for restaurant operators.
Read the guide →Illinois Tip Pooling Laws
The 60% tipped wage, Chicago's tip-credit phase-out, the no-card-fee-deduction rule, and the 13-day payment deadline.
Read the guide →Washington Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit, tips on top of a high minimum wage, broad pool eligibility, and Washington's card-fee rule.
Read the guide →Nevada Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit, employer-mandated pools upheld in court, and who can legally share — Nevada's tip rules for hospitality.
Read the guide →Pennsylvania Tip Pooling Laws
The $2.83 cash wage, the $135 tipped threshold, the 80/20 rule, and Pennsylvania's ban on card-fee deductions.
Read the guide →Ohio Tip Pooling Laws
The inflation-indexed half-minimum tipped wage, the small-employer carve-out, and who can share in an Ohio pool.
Read the guide →Georgia Tip Pooling Laws
Federal rules govern in Georgia — the $2.13 cash wage, the full 80/20 framework, and who can legally share.
Read the guide →Arizona Tip Pooling Laws
The flat $3.00 tip credit, an inflation-indexed state minimum, city overlays, and Arizona pool eligibility.
Read the guide →Colorado Tip Pooling Laws
The $3.02 tip credit, the COMPS Order, Denver's higher wage, and Colorado's written-notice rule for pools.
Read the guide →Massachusetts Tip Pooling Laws
The Tips Act's wait-staff-only pools, the $6.75 service rate, per-shift reconciliation, and the service-charge rule.
Read the guide →Oregon Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit, three regional wage tiers that move every July, and Oregon's broad pool eligibility.
Read the guide →Minnesota Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit — and no employer-mandated pools. How Minnesota's voluntary-only tip sharing actually works.
Read the guide →New Jersey Tip Pooling Laws
A rising tipped cash wage, a CPI-adjusted state minimum, and how pool eligibility shifts with the tip credit.
Read the guide →Michigan Tip Pooling Laws
The 2025 law that kept the tip credit, a cash wage stepping up every year to 2031, and who can share.
Read the guide →Virginia Tip Pooling Laws
A $2.13 cash wage against a much higher state minimum — why Virginia's tip-credit gap is the biggest trap.
Read the guide →North Carolina Tip Pooling Laws
The $2.13 cash wage and North Carolina's unique rule: pooled employees must keep at least 85% of their tips.
Read the guide →Tennessee Tip Pooling Laws
A federal-rules state with one twist: Tennessee law says posted gratuities and tips belong to the staff.
Read the guide →Connecticut Tip Pooling Laws
Two different cash wages — one for wait staff, one for bartenders — and a strict duties-segregation rule.
Read the guide →Alaska Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit, a minimum wage stepping up to $15 by 2027 — and the broader pools that come with it.
Read the guide →Montana Tip Pooling Laws
No tip credit and an inflation-indexed minimum wage — plus the broader pools that no-credit states allow.
Read the guide →Setting Up Tip-Outs with Toast
What Toast tracks, where the manual math creeps in, and how to turn Toast data into accurate, automatic tip-outs.
Read the guide →How Restaurant Tip-Outs Work
Percentage of sales vs. tips, typical rates by role, pooling methods, and how to keep the split fair and transparent.
Read the guide →How to Turn Slow Restaurant Nights Around
Find your slowest weekdays with data, source event ideas from your own staff, and run weeknight promotions that actually pay for themselves.
Read the guide →Restaurant Tip Management Software: How to Stop Paying for Two Apps
Why restaurants often pay for two separate tools, how to evaluate consolidation, and what to look for in tip management software.
Read the guide →POS vs Cash Register: Which One Actually Makes Sense for Your Business in 2026?
POS vs Cash Register: Which One Actually Makes Sense for Your Business in 2026?
Read the guide →What Is a POS Ticketing System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)
What Is a POS Ticketing System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)
Read the guide →Restaurant Payroll Percentage: What's Normal, How to Calculate It, and When to Worry
Restaurant Payroll Percentage: What's Normal, How to Calculate It, and When to Worry
Read the guide →What Is a Traditional POS System? (And Should You Still Buy One in 2026?)
What Is a Traditional POS System? (And Should You Still Buy One in 2026?)
Read the guide →What Restaurant Owners Need to Know About TIPS Certification in 2026
What Restaurant Owners Need to Know About TIPS Certification in 2026
Read the guide →How Divvy compares
See how Divvy stacks up against the other tip-management tools restaurants use.
Divvy vs TipHaus
TipHaus charges per employee — your bill grows with your team. Divvy is one flat monthly price per restaurant, with scheduling integrations and direct-deposit payouts included.
Read the comparison →Divvy vs 7shifts
7shifts Premium runs $135/month with tip pooling as an add-on. Divvy covers deeper POS-native tip management, scheduling, hiring, and direct-deposit payouts at half the price.
Read the comparison →Divvy vs Homebase
Homebase brings scheduling, time clocks, payroll, and HR into one app. Divvy adds POS-native tip rules, transparent payout trails, and restaurant-specific tip controls.
Read the comparison →Put fair tips on autopilot
Divvy connects to Toast, Square, and Clover and splits every dollar to the penny — with a transparent trail your whole team can trust.