Tip Pool

Tip pools have proved a controversial topic, especially “nontraditional” tip pools which include non-tipped occupations such as kitchen staff.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule clarifying tip credit issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

A Houlihan’s restaurant operator, A.C.E. Restaurant Group Inc., will pay $5 million to settle a USDOL lawsuit, claiming minimum wage and overtime violations.

Tipped employees at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Chicago sued, claiming that it illegally retained a portion of their tips, and failed to pay them minimum wage.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will revoke a regulation prohibiting restaurants from tip pooling with back-of-the-house workers.

Tip pooling was the topic of a recent Law 360 article that discussed the legal challenges the U.S. Department of Labor's tip pooling rule could face.

For three years, Houlihan’s arranging forced tip-pooling, and failed to pay their employees the minimum wage. Find out more information on this story here.

No-tipping policies at restaurants is a growing experiment across the country. Find more detailed information about no-tip restaurants here.

A Kentucky restaurant has taken an unconventional approach to paying its waitstaff with abolishing tipping. Find information about this story here.

Servers at the Rainforest Café have filed a lawsuit alleging that its tip out policy unlawfully requires its waitstaff to share tips. More information here.