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Washington: New Administrative Policy on Tips

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March 6, 2019

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The Washington Department of Labor & Industries recently issued an administrative policy providing guidance on tips, gratuities, and service charges under the Washington Minimum Wage Act. Key portions of the policy include:

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Tenth Circuit: Employers Who Take Tip Credits May Keep Customer Gratuities

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July 3, 2017

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In Marlow v. New Food Guy, the Tenth Circuit stated that employers of tipped employees may keep customer gratuities, as long as the employee is already paid the required minimum wage.  An employer’s retention of tips under this circumstance does not violate the tip credit provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).

Ninth Circuit Rules No Tip Pooling Among Employees who are not Normally Tipped

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February 23, 2016

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Employers in service industries should take note of the recent decision in Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Assoc. v. Perez, where the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulation which states that employers cannot require tipped employees to share their tips with untipped employees.  Prior to the decision in the Oregon Restaurant case, there was an ongoing debate among District Courts in the Ninth Circuit regarding the enforceability of the DOL regulation, causing some employers to disregard the DOL regulation entirely.

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