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Tip Pooling
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Wage & Hour Law Update
Coyote Ugly Bouncers Proper Tip Pool Participants Due To Customer Interaction
Following a bench trial, Judge Aleta A. Trauger of the Middle District of Tennessee has ruled that bouncers at various Coyote Ugly saloons sufficiently interacted with saloon guests to validate…
Employment Class Action Blog
New York Upholds Tip Sharing By Starbucks Assistant Managers
By Greg Mersol
I had a smart aleck friend who tried to come up with the Starbucks coffee order that had the greatest number of syllables. I can’t remember the winning combination, but…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
New York State Court of Appeals Backs Starbucks Policy on Tip-Pooling
By Shira Forman
Starbucks shift supervisors can legally participate in tip-sharing with other store employees, but the coffee chain’s assistant managers have enough managerial responsibility to disqualify them from sharing in customer tips,…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Battle “Grande” over Starbucks’ Tip Pools: New York Court of Appeals Establishes the “Meaningful Authority” Standard
Co-authored by John W. Egan and Robert Whitman Retail and hospitality employers should perk up at the recent decision (here) by the New York Court of Appeals to affirm Starbucks’ tip…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
No Rule for You!: Federal Court Prohibits DOL from Enforcing Tip Regulations When No Tip Credit Taken
Authored by Alex Passantino As we reported previously, a federal judge in Oregon recently ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2011 tip-pooling regulations were invalid. Earlier this week, the…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
UPDATE: Dive into Employee Tip Pools and Find Yourself Swimming With Sharks
Recently, we shared with you an article published by our Alcoholic Beverage and Liquor License Practice Group regarding the use of employee tip pools. The article discussed the allure of…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
DOL Tip Pooling Rule Held Invalid by Federal Court
By: Kara Maciel and Jordan Schwartz As discussed in prior blogs, due to confusion surrounding FLSA tip pool requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division enacted…
Workforce Bulletin
DOL Tip Pooling Rule Held Invalid by Federal Court
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By: Kara Maciel and Jordan Schwartz As discussed in prior blogs, due to confusion surrounding FLSA tip pool requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division enacted…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Battle “Grande” over Starbucks’ Tip Pools Continues to Percolate: The New York State Department of Labor Stirs Things Up
Co-authored by John W. Egan and Robert Whitman We reported [here] in November on the Second Circuit’s referral of two important Labor Law questions to the New York Court of…
California Employment Law Update
Card Club’s Tip-Pooling Arrangement Did Not Violate The Law
By Tony Oncidi
Avidor v. Sutter’s Place, Inc., 212 Cal. App. 4th 1439 (2013) Haim Avidor is the lead plaintiff in this putative class of current and former card dealers employed by Sutter's…