The FLSA’s tip credit provision codified at 29 U.S.C. § 203(m) requires employers to notify employees of any tip credit taken by their employer against minimum wages owed. Prior to the DOL’s notice regulations issued on May 5, 2011 (codified at 29 C.F.R. § 531.59(b)), which were themselves the subject of legal challenge, the form
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Industry Association’s Challenge New USDOL Tip Credit Rule
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor
The hospitality industry remains a favorite target for wage/hour lawsuits. On June 16, 2011, a group of industry associations led by the National Restaurant Association filed a lawsuit of its own in the District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the new DOL regulations effective in May expanding the notice requirements associated with taking…