Punching In: DOL’s Summer of Enforcement Efforts on Tipped Wages

Monday morning (Tuesday this time) musings for workplace watchers.

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Rebecca Rainey: The US Labor Department has had a busy summer cracking down on tip theft. Since June, the agency’s wage arm has cited at least 13 companies for violations of its rules surrounding the tip-credit and tip pools.

Refresher: Under federal wage laws, employers can pay tip-earning workers as little as $2.13 an hour, so long as they earn $30 a month in tips. Employers are still responsible for ensuring these workers make at least the minimum wage at ...