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Owner Of All Inclusive Wedding Venue Claims He Tips Vendors, But Doesn't.

I work as a wedding coordinator for an all inclusive venue. Our brides pay us somewhere around 20-30k and we hire a baker for the cake, catering and DJ and then our staff (myself included) bartends the event ourselves. We have been telling brides that we tip the vendors as part of their all inclusive package, and it says that word for word in the contract.

Well that's not what's happening. We have had 2 brides in the past few months say that their DJ talked to them about tipping, but they thought it was included with the package. I took a look at our invoice to the DJ and it doesn't include a line item for tipping. I asked the owner and he said "it's up to their boss to decide how much of our invoice is a tip". That was a major red flag for me because I've been in the entertainment/service industry for 15+ years and tips have always been a separate line item from the actual service. He then goes on to say that "if the employer decides to take 50%, that's their decision". But there isn't a designated amount in the invoice for a tip.

I get home and Google it and in Florida, tips are legally protected. So an employer who takes tips is stealing. My thinking is; if tips are protected, there has to be an actual number to protect. Since it's not detailed in the invoice, that tells me it's just not being paid and the "vendors decide how much is a tip" is just a line. Therefore, I'm lying to brides when I say tips are included.

It very clearly says it in the contract that tips are included. I'm actually waiting on a job offer from another company today so I'm leaving. I typically like to play the long game. So I'd like to keep my mouth shut and confirm with the vendors (that I'm close with) that they aren't getting tips. Then speak to a lawyer about what laws might have been broken here. Any direction from people here would be awesome.

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Owner Of All Inclusive Wedding Venue Claims He Tips Vendors, But Doesn't.

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