Protect your restaurant from Ministry of Labour audits, fines, and employee disputes with automated, 100% compliant tip distribution.
Under Part V.1 (Tips and Other Gratuities) and Bill 149 amendments:
Owners, directors, and managers cannot share in an employee tip pool unless they regularly perform the same work as serving/bartending staff to a substantial degree.
Under Ontario Bill 149, any venue with an active tip pool must maintain a written tip policy posted publicly in a conspicuous area accessible to all workers.
Unlike some US jurisdictions, Ontario law strictly forbids deducting merchant processing or credit card terminal fees from staff tips.
With TipTide inside xTide, every tip pool calculation is transparent, reproducible, and recorded with an unalterable timestamped ledger.
Under Ontario Employment Standards Act (Part V.1, Section 14), employers and managers are prohibited from withholding, making deductions from, or participating in employee tip pools unless they regularly perform the same work as tipped staff to a substantial degree.
No. In Ontario, employers are strictly forbidden from deducting credit card processing fees or merchant service charges from gratuities paid by customers.
Under Bill 149 (Working for Workers Four Act), Ontario employers who have a tip pooling policy in place must post a written copy of the policy in a conspicuous place in the workplace where employees can easily review it.
xTide automatically records immutable digital shift records of all tips collected, pool formulas applied, and individual payouts made to staff. Role-based permissions prevent unauthorized managerial deductions.