(a) Directly tipped employees may share their tips on a voluntary basis with other service employees or food service workers who participated in providing service to customers.

(b) An employer may require directly tipped food service workers to share their tips with other food service workers who participated in providing service to customers and may set the percentage to be given to each occupation. However, employees must handle the transactions themselves.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring an employer to compensate participants in tip sharing for tips wrongfully withheld from the tip sharing by any participant.