Federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical of a US Labor Department rule requiring businesses to pay tip-earning employees the full minimum wage during their idle time.
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judges Jennifer Walker Elrod and James E. Graves Jr., as well as Louisiana federal court Judge Barry W. Ashe, heard arguments Monday from the Restaurant Law Center and the Texas Restaurant Association that the regulation goes beyond the DOL’s authority and should be vacated.
The Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay workers as little as $2.13 an hour, so long as they regularly ...
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