The distribution frequency of a rule determines how often the tip distribution will take place. You will probably be most familiar with our 'Daily' distribution frequency if you have used spreadsheets before, which distribute tips on the basis of the total number of minutes worked throughout the day.
Time of Sale Distribution
Time of Sale distributes tips from each sale based on the minutes worked between the opening and closing of the sale. This looks at who worked from the time the check was opened until the check was paid by cash or credit card swipe.
Daily Distribution
This option takes the total tips for the day, determines how many minutes each employee has worked, and distributes the tips accordingly. While this can work well, many restaurants want to reward the busiest staff or those who bring in the most revenue.
Daily distribution rules are good for tipping out roles such as prep cook. As there will usually be no tipping at the beginning of their shift.
Hourly Distribution
Half-Hourly Distribution
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Hourly or time of sale distributes tips more accurately to the amount of work performed. If all staff work 4-hour shifts, but the evening staff make twice the sales, this distribution frequency will more fairly compensate the staff who worked those shifts. Our most popular distribution across all customers is Time of Sale, so consider different options for different rules to find the system that most fairly rewards your staff. |
Weekly Distribution
The Weekly distribution frequency calculates and distributes tips based on the total minutes an employee worked over an entire week.
Tip Collection: Tips are first pooled into a "Weekly Tip Jar," which functions as a placeholder employee in the Breakdown Page, where the job code will match the rule's name.
Daily Ledger: To maintain a consistent daily ledger, employees receive a portion of their weekly tips each day, regardless of whether they worked that day. This daily amount is a ratio of their total weekly tip share relative to the tips contributed to the pool each day.
Payout Schedule: Calculations for weekly tip sharing rules are performed after business closes on the 7th and 14th days of the pay period.
Limitations:
Not compatible with custom recurring shifts or semi-monthly pay periods.
Limits the functionality and value of the Earned Tip Access program (ETA).
Even Split
The Even Split distribution frequency divides tips equally among all employees who worked on a given day.
Calculations are based on the day worked, not the number of hours worked. An employee who worked 7 hours on 1a specific day will receive the same tip distribution as an employee who worked only 4 hours on that same day.
💡Weekly and Even Split distribution frequencies are not available by default and can be activated by contacting support
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