Labor/Employment,
Government,
Corporate,
Administrative/Regulatory
Dec. 15, 2017
DOL to reverse course on tip pooling, but might not affect California
The Department of Labor announced last week that it intends to reverse course on the issue of tip pooling and give employers greater control over tips paid to employees.
Pooja S. Nair
Partner
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Email: pnair@ecjlaw.com
Pooja is a litigation attorney who has represented clients in the health care, life sciences, and banking industries in state and federal court, and has handled delicate compliance issues and internal investigations. She is a member of the firm's food and beverage department.
The Department of Labor announced last week that it intends to reverse course on the issue of tip pooling and give employers greater control over tips paid to employees. This is a rollback of rules established by the Obama administration in 2011, which strictly regulated tips as the property of tipped employees, and limited how businesses could set up tip pools. The new laws may have a large impact on the restaurant and hospitality industry nationwide. However, becaus...
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