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Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

New Federal Tip Rules Expected in October 2018

Since 1966, Section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act permits an employer to take a tip credit toward its minimum wage obligation for tipped employees equal to the difference between the required cash wage (currently...more

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Update: Tip Pooling by Restaurant Owners Remains in Flux

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This past April, we reported on a recent Ninth Circuit ruling which upheld a 2011 Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule that prohibits restaurants from instituting tip-pooling arrangements that include both front-of-house staff...more

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DOL's Proposed Rule Change to Give Employers Increased Flexibility to Distribute or Retain Tips from Employees Earning the Full...

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On December 5, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to reverse the Obama Administration’s tip rule prohibiting the distribution of tips to anyone other than the...more

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The Triumphant Return of Tip Pooling: DOL Announces Repeal of 2011 Regs

In a welcome sea change for the hospitality industry, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on July 20, 2017 that it would repeal the Obama administration’s 2011 regulations that severely curtailed tip pooling. The DOL...more

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Tip-Pooling Restrictions Slated To Be Rescinded, Labor Department Announces

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The U.S. Department of Labor plans to propose a full rescission of the controversial tip-pooling restrictions impacting employers who pay tipped employees the full minimum wage directly sometime in August, according to a...more

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