Tip credit eligibility: Employers must ensure that tipped employees earn at least the full minimum wage when combining base pay and tips. Restaurants may implement tip pooling (mandatory tip ...

Employees at Café Corazón are suing the popular local Latin cuisine chain owners over a mandatory tip policy that distributes pooled tips to managers and supervisors they say violate federal labor ...

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) September 30, 2025 Opinion Letter FLSA2025-03 brings welcome clarity for restaurants and hospitality employers navigating complex tip pooling requirements. By way of ...

Democratic lawmakers and worker advocacy groups on Thursday called on the Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed amendment on tip pooling in light of reports that a damaging internal analysis was ...

NEW YORK Proper record keeping of employees work times and a defined position on tip pooling procedures can help protect restaurateurs from a variety of lawsuits that typically add costs and stress to ...

When you leave a tip, it's rare that your server gets to keep it all. Here’s how tip outs and tip pools work. When you tip someone, do you really know where those dollars are going? When someone at ...

Following a conversation with a well-known counter service restaurant in Schenectady, local Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is introducing new legislation that would give fast-casual restaurants the ...

ProLiant, a leader in human capital management solutions, announced the launch of GratPro, the most comprehensive and innovative tip pooling and disbursement platform on the market. Designed to ...

Food "tipping" has become an absolute circus, and I’ve had enough. The practice should be a straightforward way to reward exceptional service. Now, it’s a guilt-ridden tap dance where a rogue iPad ...

When you tip someone, do you really know where those dollars are going? When someone at the deli makes you a bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll and you throw a dollar into the Styrofoam cup by the cash ...