Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour to employees who customarily and regularly receive at least $30/month in tips directly from customers. (Iowa law requires a minimum
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Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour to employees who customarily and regularly receive at least $30/month in tips directly from customers. (Iowa law requires a minimum…
DOL Proposes Revisions to Joint Employer Regulations
On April 1, 2019, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for Part 791 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations for the Fair Labor Standards Act that will “ revise and clarify…
DOL Proposes Revisions to Joint Employer Regulations
On April 1, 2019, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for Part 791 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations for the Fair Labor Standards Act that will “ revise and clarify…
DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions
On March 28, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify and amend the agency rules regarding the regular rate provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act that have not been comprehensively revised in…
DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions
On March 28, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify and amend the agency rules regarding the regular rate provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act that have not been comprehensively revised in…
DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA
As we discussed here, on Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor publicly released notice that it was proposing a change to the rules establishing the standards that needed to…
DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA
As we discussed here, on Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor publicly released notice that it was proposing a change to the rules establishing the standards that needed to…
We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”
Recently, an employer came to the firm with a letter from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). The letter was unlike any other I had seen WHD send out during my career or since I retired. After checking, I…
We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”
Recently, an employer came to the firm with a letter from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). The letter was unlike any other I had seen WHD send out during my career or since I retired. After checking, I…