Minimum Wage, Tip-Pooling, Federal Labor Laws

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

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

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

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

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

Wage And Hour Developments 2018: A Year In Review

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/28/2019

The law regulating the payment of wages and work hours is a vibrant area: the “fight for $15.00”; battles over who can receive tips (and whether the tip credit should be eliminated entirely); whether workers should be given...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

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