A Perfect Pairing: New Tip Provisions and a Strong Minimum Wage
By Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute Last December, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposal to allow employers to collect their workers’ tips, ostensibly to distribute them more evenly through tip pools. However, the rule was written in such a way that it would have made it legal for employers to simply pocket tips. This […]