Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

Re: breakage policy for restaurant

Basically you're reducing their pay. You would still have to pay them minimum wage required by law, so if your reduction in their pay brought them below the minimum wage, you'd be in violation of the law.

You'd be on firmer ground to charge those who actually break dishes for the cost. If you're saying that it's a cost of your doing business, and nobody's at fault, then it's not the employees' responsibility to pay for them.

Re: breakage policy for restaurant

Tread lightly!!!

PA has a wage payment law, which can make such deductions unlawful.

If you do not take the appropriate preventive measures you can open yourself up to collection actions for wages, fees and penalties.

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