Tip pooling with one employee? My wife and I started a food truck with counter service only and it has been doing well. We typically work 10\-16 hours per day and are open for 9 or 10 hours. Anyways, in order to keep up with prep etc... we have hired an employee to run the register during peak hours. Typically, owners aren't allowed to be in a tip pool at a restaurant so now I'm wondering do we need to give 100&amp;#37; of the tips received to the one employee during their shift, even though there are 3 of use working? This is amounting to approximately $100 per 6\-8 hour shift.