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On Monday, June 21st, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would alter regulations interpreting who is considered a “tipped employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) yet again.
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New DOL Proposed Rule Reverses Course on Treatment of Tipped Employees
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June 28, 2021 via Conn Maciel Carey
On Monday, June 21st, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") that would alter regulations interpreting who is considered a "tipped employee" under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") yet again. Specifically, the NPRM proposes (1) to withdraw the dual jobs portion of the Final Rule promulgated in December 2020; and (2) a new regulatory framework by which to determine whether an employee is performing work that meets the definition of a tipped occupation and allows the employer to take a tip credit under the FLSA.  Specifically, the FLSA allows an employer to pay a tipped employee less than the minimum wage – specifically $2.13 per hour under Federal law – only when the worker is engaged in a tipped occupation because the tips the employee receives should make up for the rest of minimum wage hourly rate.  The NPRM creates a revised standard by which an employer would determine who is a "tipped employee" and for what portion of that employee’s work hours the employer can take a tip credit and pay the employee at the lower rate.  The standard the DOL proposes to adopt generally reflects the interpretive guidance it maintained for decades before a new standard was established during the Trump Administration – the "80/20 Rule" – along with some other changes that the DOL asserts better define tipped work.
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