The short answer

Who gets the tip at Ma's Kitchen?

No company statement about tip handling is on file for Ma's Kitchen.

TipRecord has not yet invited Ma's Kitchen to respond.

On the record

1 location claim

Documented

Official records

• Legally confirmedRowland Heights, CADecember 19, 2025

  Public record documented by TipRecord: On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor stated its investigation found owners directed supervisors to distribute only a portion of earned tips to servers, retaining a percentage, and found the restaurant also failed to pay proper overtime; $17,311 in back wages was recovered for 9 workers for the tip and overtime violations combined. Source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20251219, December 19, 2025. This documents an official public record; it is not a finding by TipRecord.

  • US Department of Labor · December 19, 2025

Locations

1 on record

• Rowland Heights, CALegally confirmed

Law

Law in California

1. California prohibits an employer or agent from taking or receiving any gratuity left for an employee, and treats a charge represented to the customer as a tip as a tip. Starting January 1, 2026, the Labor Commissioner may cite employers for withheld gratuities.

   Source: Cal. Labor Code §351; SB 648 (2025) · verified 2026-09

2. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, tips are the property of the employee. An employer, including managers and supervisors, may not keep any portion of employees' tips for any purpose, whether or not it takes a tip credit.

   Source: 29 U.S.C. §203(m)(2)(B); DOL Fact Sheet #15 · verified 2026-09

Every rule on file for California

TipRecord does not determine whether this business complies with any law. These lines quote what the cited statute or agency says, as of the verified date, and are not legal advice.

What you can do

Where to file

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