One of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign messages was a promise to implement a no-tax-on-tips and no-tax-on-overtime law. On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and President Trump signed...more
7/10/2025
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Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
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Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Trump Administration
In November 2022, voters in Washington, D.C., approved Initiative 82, the “District of Columbia Tip Credit Elimination Act of 2022,” which set forth a gradual elimination of the use of the tip credit in the District by 2027. ...more
On December 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule amending the 2021 dual jobs rule. The amendment is purely technical and reflects the changes in law that have already occurred pursuant to the Fifth...more
On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its long-awaited opinion in Restaurant Law Center v. United States Department of Labor and invalidated the 2021 final tip rule issued by the U.S. Department of...more
8/27/2024
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
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Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour
Currently, employers in the District of Columbia (like the majority of states) are permitted to count customer tips toward the minimum hourly wage they must pay to certain service employees. This practice is often...more
On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that may cause many employers in the restaurant, hospitality, and service industries to rethink and/or end their use of tip credits under the...more
11/1/2021
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Job Duties ,
Minimum Wage ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
Employers will soon face stricter financial penalties for keeping their employees’ tips under a final rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 24, 2021. Section 3(m)(2)(B) of the Fair Labor Standards...more
On June 23, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would create greater limitations on an employer’s ability to take a tip credit under the federal Fair Labor...more
6/29/2021
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
NPRM ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour