Can a hotel manager take all housekeeping tips and decide how much each housekeeper gets? Housekeepers are hired as contractors. For example, she will give tips every pay day and will give an envelope with tips. Some get $40 and some only get $10. All housekeepers work full time. All housekeepers work same amount of rooms. The manager will not let us into the room until She checks for tip $. The manager also keeps part of our tips. She decides which housekeeper deserves more than the other. We as contractors never agreed to this not did we sign anything. Is this legal?