CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2752
Tip Pool Conversion—Essential Factual Elements (Lab.
Code, § 351)
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] [took money/allowed
[specify ineligible individual(s) or class(es) of individuals] to take money]
from a tip pool that [name of plaintiff] was entitled to receive. [The court
has determined that [specify ineligible individual(s) or class(es) of
individuals] [was/were] not eligible to receive money from a tip pool.]
To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] was [a/an] [employer/[other covered
entity]];
2. That [name of plaintiff] was an employee of [name of defendant];
3. That [name of defendant] maintained a tip pool in which money
left by patrons in an amount over and above the actual amount
due for [specify services rendered or goods, food, drink, or articles
sold] was pooled to be distributed among employees including
[name of plaintiff]; and
4. [That [name of defendant] took money from the tip pool that
[name of plaintiff] was entitled to receive.]
4. [or]
4. [That [name of defendant] allowed [specify ineligible individual(s) or
class(es) of individuals] to take money from the tip pool that [name
of plaintiff] was entitled to receive.]
[Name of plaintiff] does not have to prove the exact amount of money
that was taken.
[Name of defendant] is required to keep accurate records of all tips or
gratuities received by [him/her/ nonbinary pronoun/it] for
[his/her/nonbinary pronoun/its] employees.
New November 2021
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
84dddacae483fd1185ee299ac84e9b8f45033520f72a9dabc69f62283f9eb805
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