Yesterday Starbucks, the large over priced coffee chain, was ordered to pay it’s baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that they paid to shift supervisors. An injunction was also issued that prevents Starbucks' shift supervisors from sharing in future tips. California state law prohibits managers and supervisors from sharing in employee gratuities.
The lawsuit was filed in October 2004 by, a former Starbucks barista in La Jolla, who complained about shift supervisors were sharing in employee tips. In 2006 the lawsuit was granted class-action status, allowing it to go forward for as many as 100,000 former and current baristas of Starbucks California stores.
Starbucks is planning an immediate appeal of the ruling, saying it "fundamentally unfair and beyond all common sense and reason".
I’m happy for the employees. They are the ones out there doing the work and the tips are meant for them as an appreciation for their service.
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