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  1. January 04, 2024

    Progressive Groups Support Tipped Worker Rule At 5th Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Labor's rule curbing the occasions in which employers can pay tipped employees subminimum wages should stay in place because it is rooted in evidence supporting its applicability, three progressive groups told the Fifth Circuit.

  2. January 02, 2024

    DOL Defends Tip Work Rule In 5th Circ. Case

    The U.S. Department of Labor defended its 2021 rule defining what kind of work can be tipped, telling the Fifth Circuit that the rule codifies the department's approach of differentiating which work triggers tip credit applicability.

  3. January 01, 2024

    7 Cases For Wage-Hour Attys To Watch In 2024

    In 2024, courts around the country will tackle independent contractor classification, minimum wage and overtime cases that employment lawyers should pay attention to. From a lawsuit seeking to overturn Uber and Lyft's carveout from California employment laws to the U.S. Department of Labor's power to issue rules and how state-level pay transparency laws are getting put to use, here are seven to watch.

  4. November 22, 2023

    How Appellate Courts Changed The Course Of 5 Wage Cases

    An appellate opinion may breathe new life into a case that a lower court dismissed, or throw out a decision with instructions to conduct a fresh analysis that adopts a new legal test. Here, Law360 reviews what happened in five minimum wage and overtime cases where an appellate ruling changed the course of the litigation.

  5. November 02, 2023

    11 States Support Bid In 5th Circ. To Nix DOL Tip Rule

    Eleven state attorneys general urged the Fifth Circuit Thursday to flip a Texas federal court ruling that keeps the U.S. Department of Labor's rule regulating tipped and non-tipped work alive, saying the DOL attempts to sidestep Congress' definition of a tipped employee.

  6. October 26, 2023

    Restaurant Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Toss DOL's Tip Rule

    The U.S. Department of Labor's rule regulating what's tipped and nontipped work "makes a mockery" of federal law, two restaurant groups told the Fifth Circuit, urging the appeals court to flip a Texas federal court ruling keeping it in place.