On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its long-awaited opinion in Restaurant Law Center v. United States Department of Labor and invalidated the 2021 final tip rule issued by the U.S. Department of...more
8/27/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour
On March 18, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Compere v. Nusret Miami, LLC, a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), that Nusr-et Steakhouse properly used automatically charged fees...more
On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that may cause many employers in the restaurant, hospitality, and service industries to rethink and/or end their use of tip credits under the...more
11/1/2021
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Job Duties ,
Minimum Wage ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
On June 23, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would create greater limitations on an employer’s ability to take a tip credit under the federal Fair Labor...more
6/29/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
NPRM ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour