A Nevada federal court’s decision is consistent with other recent federal court decisions holding that an employee has no claim for allegedly misappropriated gratuities under § 203(m) of the FLSA if no tip credit is taken and the employee receives the full minimum wage before tips, as the FLSA does not create a property right
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DOL Announces App Competition Incorporating Employer Violation Data
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor, Minimum Wage
Building upon its prior efforts to leverage contemporary technology, the Department of Labor has announced an “app” competition, inviting the public to create an app to incorporate its data regarding labor investigations “with consumer ratings websites, geo-positioning Web tools, and other relevant data sets, such as those available from state health boards.” This is…
Congressional Sub-Committee Debates Extension of “Comp Time” Under the FLSA To Private Sector
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Department of Labor
Revisiting a concept for the first time since 2009, a House of Representatives Sub-Committee recently conducted a hearing regarding the Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1406). The Act, proposed on April 9, seeks to amend the FLSA to permit private sector employers to compensate employees for overtime work by providing compensatory time off (e.g., “comp time”)…