DOL Tips Rule, Long Sought by Restaurants, Cleared for Release

A final rule that would allow businesses to pay tipped workers the lower minimum wage of $2.13 per hour regardless of how much time they spend on tasks that don’t generate gratuities has cleared White House review, signaling that publication could be imminent.

The long-anticipated U.S. Labor Department regulation, which the restaurant industry lobbied for throughout the Trump administration, can now be published and take effect in the final weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Review by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is generally the last step before an agency releases a final regulation to ...