When we last looked at tip pooling at restaurants and who would be permitted to be included, the laws and regulations were in flux. Since then, the Tip Income Protection Act of 2018 was signed into law. ...more
3/27/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Food Service Workers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
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
12/7/2017
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Private Right of Action ,
Repeal ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Tipped Employees ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Restaurant owners with tipped employees should take note of several recent court cases which may affect their ability to cause restaurant employees to participate in “tip pooling,” particularly in instances where...more
On-demand delivery services, such as Uber and its competitors Lyft and Postmates, are increasingly taking steps that have the potential to offer a counterpunch to online retailers such as Amazon and may shake up the brick and...more
6/23/2016
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Internet Retailers ,
Lyft ,
On-Demand Services ,
Popular ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Sharing Economy ,
Uber
Pop-up retail establishments, or “pop-ups,” generally refer to stores, restaurants, or events with a short duration. Pop-ups are typical for seasonal retail products, like Christmas or fireworks, but they have become common...more