Tip Pooling Rule: What Next?: DOL Finally Sounds The Death Knell For The Rule

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Noah Finkel and Cheryl Luce authored a January 31 story in HR.com, "Tip Pooling Rule: What Next?: DOL finally sounds the death knell for the rule."

United States Employment and HR

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the tip pooling regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA allows employers to take a tip credit toward their minimum wage obligations, and employee tips may be pooled together, but pooling of tips is allowed only "among employees who customarily and regularly receive tips." 29 U.S.C. § 203(m).

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Tip Pooling Rule: What Next?: DOL Finally Sounds The Death Knell For The Rule

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