§ 3-713. Payments or deduction from wages -- Tipped employees.

   (a) "Tipped employee" defined. -- In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee who is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $ 30 each month in tips or gratuities.

(b) Payment or deduction prohibited when customer leaves without paying. --

   (1) An employer may not require a tipped employee to reimburse the employer or pay to the employer an amount equivalent to a customer's charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

   (2) Subject to § 3-503 of this title, an employer may not make a deduction from the wage of a tipped employee to reimburse the employer for an amount equivalent to a customer's charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

(c) Posting required. -- Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in a place where a tipped employee is employed a printed notice of the provisions of this section, in a form that the Commissioner requires.

HISTORY: 2013, ch. 499.