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U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Tip Theft Rule
By Doug Schnee
On September 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized a regulation which allows for penalties up to $1,100 per violation, plus back wages owed, whenever the DOL finds…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Wednesday Worklaw Alert: Amazon Under Fire for Stealing Drivers’ Tips, Will Pay Workers $61.7 Million
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle allegations that the company stole Amazon Flex drivers’ tips for two and a…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Mandatory Gratuities Are Not “Tips” But May Qualify as Commissions Under the FLSA, Fourth Circuit Holds
By Ted Kazaglis, Justin R. Barnes
Agreeing with the district court, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has concluded that the mandatory service charges imposed by a restaurant on dining parties of six or…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Ensuring You Don’t Inadvertently Convert Mandatory Charges into Gratuities for Staff
Many employers may—understandably—view gratuities as discretionary payments that customers leave in exchange for superior service. After all, federal wage and hour regulations define “tips” as “sum[s] presented by a customer…
Dutton Employment Law Blog
Tips and Gratuities | Ontario Law | CRA Info
By Publisher
Are employers allowed to collect, deduct and distribute tips? Subject to certain protections for workers, yes, employers are permitted to ...The post Tips and Gratuities | Ontario Law | CRA…
Café con Labor
Algunas sugerencias acerca de las propinas
By Glenn Rissman, Stearns Weaver Miller
View English Version Here El 25 de octubre, Elitsa habló en su blog acerca del aumento a $8.56 la hora en el salario mínimo de la Florida, vigente a partir…
BeLabor the Point
New Tip Rules Impact All Employers Who Receive Tips
Ver la versión en español aquí The recent budget bill contains big changes for businesses with tipped employees. The new law provides that an employer (including its managers and supervisors)…
California Employment Law Report
Update: Top five things to know about tips and tip pooling under California law
In a huge development in the last couple of weeks, a change in federal law now permits California employers to include back of the house employees in tip pools. This…
Wage & Hour Insights
Explanation of the DOL’s Proposed Rules on Tips
By Bill Pokorny
There's been plenty of press this week regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rules governing employer treatment of tips. Commentators are debating whether the proposed changes are a sensible…
Workforce Bulletin
Employers Who Do Not Take Tip Credit Own Employees’ Tips
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Our colleague Brian W. Steinbach at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Wage and Hour Defense Blog that will be of interest to many of our readers in…