Oregon: no tip credit allowed. Tipped workers earn full minimum + tips.
Oregon is one of only seven states that prohibit a tip credit entirely. Tipped workers must receive the full applicable minimum wage — Portland Metro $16.30, Standard $15.05, or Non-urban $14.05 — in cash, with tips on top. There is no service-rate cash wage like Massachusetts ($6.75) or Florida ($9.98).
No Tip Credit — Cash Wage = Full Minimum
Enforces full minimum wage in cash for all tipped workers regardless of tier. Tip credit attempts are blocked at shift save. Tip pooling allowed but cannot reduce cash wage.
What those rules do as a tipped worker's shift is created.
The hero card configuration: Block any cash-wage reduction below applicable tier minimum, Flag on tip pool participation tracking.
When a manager attempts to save a tipped worker shift at a cash wage below the applicable tier minimum (Portland Metro $16.30, Standard $15.05, Non-urban $14.05), the save fails. "Cannot save: Oregon does not allow a tip credit. Cash wage must equal the full applicable minimum wage."
Tip pooling is allowed in Oregon but management and the business cannot share in the pool. Teambridge flags pool participants and surfaces any management designations for review.
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Tips belong to workers — they cannot offset wages.
Oregon's no-tip-credit rule is one of the strongest worker-side wage protections in the country. Tips are entirely the worker's; the employer cannot count them toward the minimum wage obligation, no matter how high the tip income.
Tips do not count toward minimum
Oregon law explicitly prohibits employers from counting tips toward the minimum wage obligation. A server who earns $30/hr in tips on a busy Friday still must receive the full $16.30/hr in cash from the employer if working in Portland Metro. The total compensation = cash wage + tips, not cash wage made up to minimum by tips.
Tip pooling allowed with restrictions
Employers may require tip pooling among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips. Mandatory tip pools cannot include managers, supervisors, or the business itself. Voluntary pools have wider latitude. Pool distributions must be tracked and documented.
Teambridge enforces the no-tip-credit rule at shift save.
Multi-state operators coming from credit-allowing states are the most common source of compliance errors. The block runs at every shift save.
Tipped role flag → full minimum required.
When a shift is created for a worker in a tipped role (server, bartender, valet), the cash wage is validated against the full applicable tier minimum — not a reduced service rate. Below the floor → save blocked.
Pool participants logged.
Workers participating in a mandatory or voluntary tip pool are tracked. Pool distributions are recorded and documented for audit purposes.
Pool participants checked against role.
When a worker is added to a tip pool, Teambridge verifies the worker is not in a management or supervisory role. Manager pool participation → save blocked, with the prohibition surfaced.
Imported tipped roles validated.
When a multi-state operator imports tipped role configurations from a credit-allowing state (e.g., California-headquartered chain expanding to Oregon), Teambridge validates that no tip credit is configured for the Oregon roles. Bad imports → blocked.
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