By Kevin M. Young and Scott P. Mallery
Seyfarth Synopsis. Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have reintroduced a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 for virtually all non-exempt workers. While the “Fight For Fifteen” has made several trips to Congress before, the circumstances are much different this time around. While the proposed law likely won’t
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Co-authored by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley
Restaurant servers are some of the few employees to whom employers can pay less than the minimum wage. This is because they receive tips from customers that, so long as those tips are large enough, often push an employee’s income well above minimum wage. The FLSA thus allows an employer
Continue Reading Court Batters “Dual Jobs” Claim And Finds That Servers’ Duties Do Not Require Minimum Wage