This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Minnesota Supreme Court's August 14, 2013 decision in Karl v. Uptown Drink, LLC, holding employers violate Minnesota's law on unlawful deductions when they require restaurant employees to pay for cash register shortages, customer walkouts and unsigned credit card receipts out of their gratuities. The court held that gratuities are wages and that Section 181.79 of Minnesota Statutes on unlawful deductions is not limited to situations where wages fall below the minimum wage.