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Management - Tip Pooling

In this article, you will learn how to configure tip pool based on job title, tips, hours worked, and category sales.

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The Tip Pooling feature allows you to set up contribution and distribution rules based on employees’ job titles, hours worked, category sales, and tips received. This ensures a fair and transparent system for managing shared tips across different roles and service types.

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📖 Tutorial

Navigate to: Peblla Store Portal > Management > Tip Pooling

Tip Pooling Interval

First, decide how you want the tip pool to be settled. The settlement interval applies to all tip pools:

Full Workday – Tips are shared among all employees who worked that day.

Shift – Tips are shared based on service period (e.g., Lunch, Dinner).

Tip Pool Contribution

Click [+ Create a Tip Pool] to open the setup window.

Enter a unique Tip Pool Name.

Define Tip Contribution

Online Ordering Pool:

  • Automatically includes tips from the brand app, website, and kiosks.

  • Select the percentage of tips to contribute to this pool.

Custom Pool:

Start by selecting the job roles that contribute to the pool.
(Need to create or edit jobs? See this article →)

⚠️ The total contribution from a single source cannot exceed 100%.

Cash Tip

Total cash tips collected by everyone with the selected job title

Non-Cash Tip

Total credit card tips collected by everyone with the selected job title

Auto-Gratuity

Tips are collected when the party size exceeds a certain amount

Category Sales

The net sale of a certain category is responsible for, e.g. alcohol.

Define Tip Allocation

1. Allocate by Hours Worked

  • Tips are distributed based on hours clocked in via POS

  • Time is rounded to the nearest 0.1 hour

2. Allocate by Percentage

  • Assign a percentage to each job (each job can only be added once)

  • Total must not exceed 100%

  • If the total is less than 100%, the remaining amount is recorded as Unallocated Funds

3. Allocate by Points

  • Uses clocked-in hours and a weight per job role

  • Time is rounded to the nearest 0.1 hour

Once saved, your tip pool settings apply to current and past data—unless a previous pay period has already been approved.

You can always access the full breakdown in the Tips Management Report.

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