The wage & hour attorneys at Martin & Martin routinely receive telephone calls from employees asking whether it is legal for their employer to deduct work items from their paycheck. There are certain items that an employer may deduct from an employee’s paycheck. However, not all deductions are legal. The…
“Restaurant industry employers must know and comply with federal requirements to claim the tip credit,” says the Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL recently found a restaurant in violation of the federal tip pool regulations that protect tipped employees’ earnings. In the case, the restaurant required the tipped employees to…
On March 3, 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release regarding its enforcement initiative in the hospitality/restaurant industry in “college towns” stating that many companies are in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour laws. The DOL has collected almost $100,000 for workers…
The Tampa District Office of the Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division found that the restaurant, Hibachi Buffet, failed to properly pay its servers and kitchen workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The investigators found that the restaurant violated the overtime, minimum wage, and record keeping requirements…
As part of the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) continued focus on restaurant employees, a chain of three restaurants in New York have been ordered to pay over $1,000,000 in back wages including minimum wage and overtime. The DOL’s investigators found that the restaurant employees employed as servers and kitchen staff…
This year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) focused on restaurants to determine whether restaurant employees were properly paid. The response was a resounding statement that the restaurant industry is vulnerable for minimum wage and overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). One problem is that restaurant employees do…