As the tipping issue at restaurants rages on between front of the house employees and back, Joel O’Malley of Nilan Johnson Lewis in Minneapolis offers a quick refresher course on a complicated topic ...

Employees in a restaurant setting often receive tips, and employers often take a “tip credit” toward the minimum wage that they have to pay (allowing the employer in Arkansas to pay $2.63/hour to the ...

At restaurants it’s even more confusing, and if you’ve never worked in one, you probably have no idea how that tip is divided ...

In the viral video that has amassed over 40,000 views as of Monday morning, user Katootsie (@I_cant_and_I_wont) made the allegations and questioned the restaurant’s tipping policies. “I think this is ...

Employees at Café Corazón are suing the popular local Latin cuisine chain owners over a mandatory tip policy that distributes pooled tips to managers and supervisors they say violate federal labor ...

Luby's Restaurants has paid $366,864 in back wages to 1,680 current and former waiters, cashiers and checkers after a government investigation. The U.S. Department of Labor found that some workers ...

Tip pools have proved a controversial wage-and-hour topic, especially “nontraditional” tip pooling in which employers distribute pooled money among workers both in traditionally tipped roles, like ...

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Tip pooling can play a big role in creating a great restaurant culture—and it doesn’t have to be complicated. It started during the COVID-19 pandemic—and it’s still happening. Attracting and retaining ...

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) September 30, 2025 Opinion Letter FLSA2025-03 brings welcome clarity for restaurants and hospitality employers navigating complex tip pooling requirements. By way of ...

Different restaurants engage in different tipping practices: some stipulate all tips a server gets are the server’s alone. Some have to give a percentage of their tips to the bar staff—an amount that ...

Surly Brewing Co. has settled a $2.5 million class-action lawsuit launched by employees accusing the Minneapolis brewery of violating state law by allegedly making tip-pooling mandatory, firing some ...