Bill 218 — V Tfoal~ Session. 17Th Legislature, 24 Elizabetp Ii. the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 218 the 'N~S and Gratuiti.A:S Act, 1975 (Legislature 17, Session 4)

L17 S4 5441

Alberta — Bills

1975 Bill 218 v tFoal~ Session. 17th Legislature, 24 Elizabetp II. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 218 THE 'n~s AND GRATUITI.a:S ACT, 1975 MR. WILSON First Reading Second Reading ................ . .......... . Third Reading .......................... . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill 218 ~f r. }V ilson BILL 218 1975 THE riPs AND GRATUITIES ACT, 1975 (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly ()f Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

In this Act, (a) "employer" means a person, firm, association, body or corporation who has in his, her or its service one or morp, pe:.rsons; (b) "agent" means a person who has the authority to act for another; (c) "employee" means a person who works for an employer; (d) "patron" means one who buys goods or services from an employer; (e) "tip or gratuity" means a present of money in re turn for service; (f) "wages" means wages, salary or any other mone tary benefit deriving from work for an employer, other than tips or gratuities. 2.

(1) No employer, or his agent, shall (

a) collect, take or receive any tip or gratuity, or any part thereof, given to or left for an employee by a patron, or (

b) deduct any amount from wages due to an employee on account of any such tips or gratuities, or (

c) require an employee to credit the amount, or any part thereof, of any such tip or gratuity against and as part of the wages due to the employee from the employer.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsectio~. (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary convIctIon to a fine of not more than $500. Explanatory Notes 3. Every tIP or gratuIty is hereby declared to be the sole property of the employee or employees to whom it was given or for whom it was left. 4. Nothing contained in this Act shall make it an offence for (

a) a group of employees to share tips or gratuities between themselves in accordance with a scheme of distribution of which a majority of such group of employees approves, or (

b) an employer to make participation in such a scheme a condition of employment or of continuing employ ment, of an employee who is to be hired to become, or who is employed as a member of such group, or (

c) an employer to receive tips or gratuities, either in the form of cash or in other forms including cheques or credit charges, in trust for an individual employee or in trust for a group of employees who have agreed to participate in such a scheme provid ing the employer promptly returns such tips or gratuities to the individual for whom it was re ceived Dr distributes it according to such scheme, as the case may beo 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1975 (17th, 4th) Bill 218, The Tips and Gratuities Act, 1975

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L17 S4 5441
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Volume / chapter	L17 S4 5441
Language	en
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