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Tip Pooling
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
Your shift supervisors can't have it both ways with tipped wages
Bartending doesn't launder a manager's cut of the tip pool. That's the entire lesson of a recent Department of Labor Opinion Letter. Here's the setup. A restaurant has servers "tip…
Littler Publications, Press, and Events
DOL Confirms Supervisors and Managers Who Also Work Tipped Shifts Cannot Participate in a Tip Pool
DOL Confirms Supervisors and Managers Who Also Work Tipped Shifts Cannot Participate in a Tip Pool The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-13…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOL Not Shucking Tradition: Recent Opinion Letter on Tip Pool Inclusion
Because the employer takes a tip credit, the DOL explains the tip pool must comply with “traditional” tip pool laws and regulations. This means, according to regulations under the Fair…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
A reminder from the DOL that not all “front-of-house” jobs are created equal
The Department of Labor just released a new Wage & Hour opinion letter on one of those topics that always makes restaurant and hospitality employers nervous — tip pooling under…
Federal Regulatory & Enforcement Insider
DOL Provides Further FLSA Guidance Regarding Manager and Supervisor Participation in Tip Pools
By James P. Looby, Michael D. Considine
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued another opinion letter (FLSA2025-1) reiterating its position that managers and supervisors are prohibited from participating in a tip pool…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Taking from your employees’ tip pool? It’s illegal
It’s Dry January, and brewery owners are feeling the pinch. You might be tempted to supplement your income by dipping into your employees’ tip pool. That would be a huge…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Low-Cost Meals, High-Cost FLSA Mistakes: Lessons From the DOL’s Fining of a Minnesota Pizza Restaurant for Wage and Hour Failures
By By Andrew E. Tanick, Maria B. Shatonova
Quick Hits The DOL recently fined a Minneapolis pizza restaurant for multiple wage and hour violations, including failure to pay overtime and improper tip pooling practices. The DOL found the…
Vedder Works
DOL Reaffirms That Managers And Supervisors May Not Participate In Tip Pools
On December 18, 2024, the DOL issued opinion letter FLSA2024-02, reaffirming its position that managers and supervisors are prohibited from participating in tip pools under any circumstances. Tip pooling…
California Employment Law Report
Tips and Tip Pools In California
An issue that constantly plagues the service industry is what to do about tips and the challenges that come with mandated tip pooling and mandatory service charges. This week’s post…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Utah Expands Tip Pooling to Include Non-Tipped Employees
By Jeffrey (Jeff) H. Ruzal, Alexandria K. Adkins
On March 23, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Senate Bill 73 (“SB 73”) expanding the group of employees eligible for tip pooling by allowing employers to include…