In the past year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has made several announcements concerning the evolution of the tip pooling rules. These have focused on employees who had been banned from inclusion in a tip pooling arrangement due to the nature of their work, even if they earned the federal minimum wage and their employer did not claim a tip credit on their wages. (For a full discussion of the prior announcements, please see our December 13, 2017 and September 20, 2017 articles.)