The 2018 federal appropriations bill signed into law on March 23rd includes an addition to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) stating that “[a]n employer may not keep tips received by its employees for any purposes, including allowing managers or supervisors to keep any portion of employees’ tips, regardless of whether or not the employer takes a tip credit.” The amendment also nullifies certain regulations issued by the Department of Labor in 2011, including regulations which prohibited an employer from using an employee’s tips as part of an invalid tip pool even where the employer was paying the employees the full minimum wage without utilizing a tip credit.
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Key Takeaways from Our 2017 Employment Law Seminars
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently hosted our annual Employment Law Seminars across South Carolina. These complimentary seminars educated Human Resource professionals on recent employment law updates and changes.
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Are Unpaid Interns Employees Under the FLSA?
On January 5, 2018, the United States Department of Labor announced that, going forward, it would utilize the “primary beneficiary” test for determining whether interns are employees under the FLSA, consistent with recent rulings from appellate courts. Its updated Fact
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Department of Labor Delays New Overtime Rules
While employers continue to prepare for the Department of Labor’s proposed new overtime rules, the DOL’s Solicitor of Labor recently announced that the final regulations will not appear until “late in 2016.” While this gives employers more time to
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FLSA “Tipping” Practices
The plethora of litigation against restaurants for alleged improper tip practices continues. Follow this link to see new litigation brought against a restaurant for requiring tipped employees to perform non-tipped work.
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Are You Misclassifying Independent Contractors in Your Work Force?: The Department of Labor Says You Probably Are
New guidance released July 15, 2015, from the Department of Labor (DOL) narrows independent contractor classification so that “most workers are employees under the FLSA.” The DOL’s guidance makes it clear that the amount of control an employer has over
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