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Report Link The Department of Labor Holds That Restaurants Cannot Deduct for Uniform Cleaning (pdf).
Phelps Dunbar LLP - July 28, 2006
The United Stated Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued a Wage and Hour Opinion Letter, FLSA 2006-21, 6/9/06, prohibiting restaurant owners from deducting uniform laundering costs from wait staff pay. The opinion letter stated that “no portion of an employee’s tips may be kicked back to the employer to cover the cost of uniform laundering,” and “even if the tips actually received exceed the maximum tip credit the employer needs to claim toward payment of the minimum wage, these excess tips are not deemed to be wages for purposes of the FLSA.”
Report Link Restaurants -- Uniforms: Who Pays? (pdf).
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. - February 11, 2005
Many restaurants require employees to wear uniforms on the job. But is the restaurant legally required to supply the uniforms at its own cost? That depends.
Report Link Deductions From Wages For Uniforms And Other Facilities Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Department of Labor - (No Date)
Fact Sheet No. 016. This fact sheet provides general information concerning the application of the FLSA to deductions from employees' wages for uniforms and other facilities.
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