The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers to pay workers who customarily receive tips less than the standard minimum wage as long as certain conditions are met—but the rule’s applicability has been diminished by state laws that set higher minimum wages or ban subminimum wages altogether.
Can Employers Pay Tipped Workers Less Than Minimum Wage?
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Onsite Health Clinics: What's the Effect on HDHPs and HSAs?
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Conflicting Evidence over Absenteeism Leads to Ongoing FMLA Litigation
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Pay Fairness Perception Beats Higher Pay for Improving Employee Engagement
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Meal Break Auto-Deduct Policy Results in Class Action
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Are Employers Required to Give Workers Meal and Rest Breaks?
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‘True statement’ to former employee’s potential employer about her pending lawsuit could be retaliatory
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By Deborah Hammonds, J.D. An energy commodities broker who claimed her former employer interfered with her potential new job...
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Wages Are Unequal Between White and Black Men Even When Other Factors Are Comparable
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New Jersey Becomes Latest State to Pass Equal Pay Legislation
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New Jersey will become the latest state to mandate a comprehensive equal pay law, as Gov. Phil Murphy announced...
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