Noah Finkel and Cheryl Luce authored a December 27 article in Modern Restaurant Management, "The Death Knell for Tip Pooling?" The article discusses the Department of Labor's newly issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the tip pooling regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The authors write that the end of the rule does not come as a surprise as both the DOL and courts have sounded the death knell this year. You can read the full article here.

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