Minimum Wage, Federal Labor Laws, Hospitality Industry

Service Charges vs. Tips: Ensuring Legal Compliance in New York Restaurants

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP on 6/20/2025

Understanding the difference between service charges and tips is critical for New York restaurant owners to remain compliant with state and federal labor laws. Misclassifying these charges can lead to legal disputes,...more

Tip Pooling and Tip Credit Compliance: A Guide for New York Restaurant Owners

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP on 5/27/2025

New York restaurant owners must navigate complex tip pooling and tip credit regulations to ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws. Failure to follow these rules can result in lawsuits, back wages, and penalties....more

Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Trump

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2024

Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more

How Will the Election and Recent Legislative Trends Impact Tipped Wages? 4 Developments for Hospitality Employers to Watch

Fisher Phillips on 9/3/2024

There’s been a lot of buzz about tipped wages as Election Day approaches – and hospitality employers will want to track key proposals that may have a huge impact on pay practices. Former President Trump and Vice President...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your September To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 9/3/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Preventing Missteps in Hiring and Managing Seasonal Workers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/22/2024

Hiring seasonal workers can raise some important legal questions over how to properly handle overtime pay, work schedules, employee training, and other matters. These concerns particularly affect businesses in the hospitality...more

Dear Littler: How Do Restaurants Without Table Service Handle Tips?

Littler on 8/16/2023

Dear Littler, We operate sandwich shops in a couple of states. Although we have tables, we don’t have table service, and customers pick up food at the counter themselves to either take out or seat themselves at our...more

Tips from Seyfarth: Challenge to DOL’s 80/20 Rule Likely to Head Back to the Fifth Circuit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/1/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: After a remand from the Fifth Circuit, a trial court has upheld the validity of the Department of Labor’s 2021 regulation codifying the 80/20 rule, raising the possibility of another appeal....more

Texas Federal Court Stiffs Restaurant Industry on Efforts to Strike Down Department of Labor Regulation on Tip Credit Work

FordHarrison on 7/18/2023

Executive Summary: On July 6, 2023, a federal district court upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) regulations on the type and amount of work that tipped employees may perform while being paid the reduced minimum wage...more

Is Your Tip Credit A Ticking Time Bomb? An Employer’s 10-Step Wage and Hour Action Plan for 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/27/2022

With the government’s final rules on the tips provisions of federal wage and hour law becoming effective just weeks ago, employers will be challenged with ensuring they have a plan to address the rules’ impact on their...more

April 2021: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 5/4/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

What Hospitality Employers Can Expect to See in Employment Law if Vice President Biden Wins the Election

Littler on 9/3/2020

While no one knows what the outcome of the presidential election will be, if Vice President Biden is elected, hospitality employers should expect to see the following labor and employment issues front and center: A call to...more

It Recently Got a Bit More Confusing for Massachusetts Employers of Tipped Employees

Conn Kavanaugh on 3/13/2019

With the recent increase of minimum wage rates of pay in Massachusetts, the publishing of guidance from the Attorney General related to minimum wages for tipped employees, and the absence of an exemption from overtime for...more

Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Tipping Point Of Confusion: Contradictions Abound In Tip Credit Rules

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2017

Legal issues surrounding tip credits have been in the spotlight throughout much of 2017, from significant court decisions to announcements by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). But rather than setting forth clear rules,...more

Hospitality Employers Beware: Confusion of the Use of the Tip Credit Persists

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/12/2017

• The Ninth Circuit recently rejected federal Department of Labor (DOL) interpretive guidance that banned employers from using the federal tip credit for time spent on non-tip-generating activities if those tasks exceed 20...more

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