Over a year after Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify tip ownership questions, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finally published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 8, 2019, with proposed changes to its current regulations on handling tips under its minimum wage guidance. The proposed regulatory changes address two key areas. First, the DOL proposes to finalize a rule previously outlined in its 2018 Field Assistance Bulletin that clarified who can, and who cannot, receive tips when a tipped worker does not receive a tip credit. Second, the proposed regulations adopt the DOL’s 2018 opinion letter that outlined the proper scope of the dual jobs regulation and the so-called 80/20 Rule involving work done by employees receiving a tip credit.
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