Minimum Wage, Regulatory Reform, New Legislation

Washington, DC Pauses Upcoming Increase to the Tipped Minimum Wage

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/17/2025

The District of Columbia passed emergency legislation on June 3, 2025 that paused an increase to the tipped minimum wage from $10 per hour to $12 per hour, which was originally set to take effect on July 1, 2025. At least for...more

Missouri Legislature Passes Bill Repealing Paid Sick Leave Mandate and Amending Minimum Wage Law: What Employers Need to Know

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/15/2025

In the evening hours of May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate passed House Bill 567 (the Bill) which effectively repeals the requirements of Proposition A. The Senate adopted the House version of the Bill without adding any...more

New California Laws Affecting Real Estate in 2022

Weintraub Tobin on 1/28/2022

To kick off our 2022 newsletter season (and hopefully in better fashion than the Sacramento Kings), we thought it would be helpful to summarize a few of California’s noteworthy new-for-2022 laws....more

New York State To Eliminate Tip Credit For Many Employees Beginning June 2020

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/20/2020

Q: I heard New York is changing its rules around tip credits for some types of employees. What do I need to know? ...more

One Last 2019 Act from the Connecticut General Assembly: A December “Special Session” and the Tip Credit

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 1/9/2020

Governor Lamont signs House Bill 7501 into law on January 6, 2020. As we say goodbye to 2019 (and await commencement of the 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly in February), the General Assembly via a “Special...more

WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage & Overtime Developments (June Edition)

Littler on 6/29/2018

With the World Cup in full swing, it’s difficult to fathom anything else occurring—yet minimum wage, tip, and overtime developments keep happening. Here’s our quick round-up for those of you taking a break from the on-field...more

Congress and the Trump Administration Cannonballs into the Tip Pool

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 6/28/2018

Buried in the 2,232 page omnibus budget bill recently signed by President Trump was an important change regarding the use of tip pools. ...more

Congress Takes a Dip in the Tip Pool

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/29/2018

President Trump recently signed into law Congress’ $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page omnibus budget bill. Notably, tucked away on page 2,025 of the bill, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to address rules affecting...more

DOL Clarifies Tip Pooling Law

FordHarrison on 4/13/2018

As reported last week, on March 23rd, President Trump signed into law a massive spending bill that, among other things, amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify that a manager or supervisor may not keep his...more

New Tip Pool Rules - Changes to the FLSA and DOL Guidance

Franczek P.C. on 4/12/2018

If you’ve been paying attention to the news relating to wage and hour law (and really, who isn’t?), you may recently have heard quite a bit about new federal rules on tipped employees, and more recently Congress stepping in...more

New Legislative Action on "Tip Pooling"

Polsinelli on 4/5/2018

Congress and the President have waded in to the ongoing debate regarding employers’ use of “tip pools” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by passing the Tip Income Protection Act (“TIPA”) as part of the omnibus...more

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