Your restaurant tips may not go to your server under proposed rule change

Dan Gorenstein Dec 6, 2017
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Your restaurant tips may not go to your server under proposed rule change

Dan Gorenstein Dec 6, 2017
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The Department of Labor has proposed changes to Obama-era rules about tipping. The changes would let employers pool tip money from workers who earn at least minimum wage and share it with non-tipped workers or use it to “make capital improvements, lower prices, or hire additional workers.” The public comment period is remarkably short, with comments accepted through early January.

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