are tips considered for workers comp?
One day he slipped and injured his back when walking into the pubâs kitchen. He made $8.00 an hour plus any tips he received. Big Inningâs workersâ comp insurance company didnât include his tip income when it calculated his comp payments. Negriev appealed that decision. The insurance company said since the bartender hadnât reported the tips for federal income tax, they shouldnât be included in calculations for workersâ comp. But Negriev was able to show that even though he didnât report the tips for tax purposes, he did report them daily to his employer at the end of each shift.