New Hampshire HB 757: relative to tip pooling and sharing and automatic service charges.

Bill Text

Rep. M. Cahill, Rock. 10
February 18, 2025
2025-0454h
11/02
Amendment to HB 757
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Tip Pooling and Sharing. Amend RSA 279:26-b, II to read as follows:
II. No employer is precluded from administering a valid tip pooling or tip sharing
arrangement, including suggesting reasonable and customary practices, documenting agreed upon
practice, to include an example showing the method used in their establishment such as tip
sharing, to be written in the same or similar way as the example "servers tip out a
percentage of alcohol sales to bartenders and a percentage of food sales to the host and
another percentage to other support staff", and mediating disputes between employees
regarding a valid tip pooling or tip sharing arrangement, provided that the employer does not
require or coerce employees to participate in the tip pooling or tip sharing arrangement, and that
the employer provides written notice of any current arrangement regarding tip pooling or
tip sharing and the employee acknowledges in writing receipt of such notice, which shall
be retained for one year following the employee’s separation. The notice shall state that
employee participation in tip pooling or tip sharing is voluntary and which staff to share
with is at the discretion of the employee who may opt out on any shift.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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Amendment to HB 757
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2025-0454h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that employers administering a tip pooling or sharing arrangement must
include an example of the arrangement in its documentation. It further provides that the employer
must provide a written notice to the employee, and specifies the content of that notice.