March 20, 2018
Waiters, bartenders and other service workers told the en banc Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that they're underpaid for tasks that don't garner tips, saying a three-judge panel erred in favoring restaurant owners who'd challenged a 2016 U.S. Department of Labor administrative guidance on minimum wage exemptions for tipped employees.
February 16, 2018
A confederation of waiters, bartenders and other service workers got a second shot Friday at claims they're underpaid for tasks that don't garner tips, when the Ninth Circuit agreed to revisit its decision favoring restaurant owners who'd challenged a 2016 U.S. Department of Labor administrative guidance.
September 06, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor deserves no deference for its 2016 administrative guidance over whether employers can claim a tip credit for certain nontipped duties an employee may perform, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying the agency attempted to “create de facto a new regulation” while also acknowledging that the ruling creates a split with the Eighth Circuit.