Employees at Café Corazón are suing the popular local Latin cuisine chain owners over a mandatory tip policy that distributes pooled tips to managers and supervisors they say violate federal labor ...

Tip credit eligibility: Employers must ensure that tipped employees earn at least the full minimum wage when combining base pay and tips. Restaurants may implement tip pooling (mandatory tip ...

The proliferation of wage and hour class actions throughout the United States over the past twenty years is well-documented.

When you leave a tip, it's rare that your server gets to keep it all. Here’s how tip outs and tip pools work. When you tip someone, do you really know where those dollars are going? When someone at ...

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) September 30, 2025 Opinion Letter FLSA2025-03 brings welcome clarity for restaurants and hospitality employers navigating complex tip pooling requirements. By way of ...

Democratic lawmakers and worker advocacy groups on Thursday called on the Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed amendment on tip pooling in light of reports that a damaging internal analysis was ...

Following a conversation with a well-known counter service restaurant in Schenectady, local Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is introducing new legislation that would give fast-casual restaurants the ...

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HOUSTON Brinker International Inc. said it plans to appeal a federal jury verdict Tuesday that awarded a former Chili's server and 54 others $270,000 in a tip-pooling case. Jennifer Roussell, a former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cafe Corazon, 3129 N. Bremen St. in Riverwest, is one of four locations employees have filed suit over a tip policy they say ...