(1) No employer shall require an employee to remit to the employer any gratuity, or any portion thereof, except for the purpose of withholding amounts required by federal or state law. The amount withheld from such gratuity shall not exceed the amount required by federal or state law.
(2) As used in this section, “gratuity” means voluntary monetary contribution received by an employee from a guest, patron, or customer for services rendered.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 337.065

  • Employee: is a ny person employed by or suffered or permitted to work for an employer, except that:
    1. See Kentucky Statutes 337.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Gratuity: means voluntary monetary contribution received by an employee from a guest, patron, or customer for services rendered. See Kentucky Statutes 337.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) An employer may provide custodial services for the safekeeping of funds placed in a tip pool mandated by the employer or voluntarily entered into amongst the employees, if the account is properly identified and segregated from his other business records and open to examination by pool participants.
Effective:July 1, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236, sec. 176, effective July 1, 2022. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. — Created 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 1.