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Whose Tip Is It? Restaurant Leaders Urge 9th Circuit for Rehearing En Banc on the Tip Pooling Issue

By Squire Patton Boggs on April 11, 2016 Posted in Employment Policies, Recent Cases

Restaurant owners rejoice. The battle over extending tip-pooling arrangements to include employees who do not customarily and regularly receive tips may be reopened in the Ninth Circuit. Again. The dispute over tip-pooling arrangements stems from § 203(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which allows employers to establish tip-pools “among employees who customarily and regularly … Continue Reading