Employers who use the FLSA's "tip credit" provision should be aware that the Department of Labor's new notice requirements for the use of the tip credit take effect today, May 5, 2011.

As discussed in our prior Legal Alert, on April 5, 2011 the Department of Labor issued final regulations impacting an employer's use of a "tip credit" for tipped employees. Among the changes made by the new regulations is a requirement that employers who elect to take a tip credit inform employees...