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  1. October 21, 2024

    Restaurant Groups Agree Tip Rule Decision Needs Update

    Two restaurant groups told the Fifth Circuit on Monday that they don't oppose the U.S. Department of Labor's request to slightly revisit the panel's decision axing the department's 2021 rule on tipped wages, saying one sentence or a footnote might be enough.

  2. October 08, 2024

    DOL Tells 5th Circ. Decision On Tip Rule Is Too Broad

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Fifth Circuit panel to update its decision striking down the department's 2021 rule on tipped wages, saying the opinion is too broad and it should focus on a provision that two restaurant groups challenged.

  3. September 20, 2024

    DOL's Post-Chevron Tactic Has Mixed Results

    The U.S. Department of Labor's attempts to defend its wage and hour regulations in a world without Chevron deference have so far been only partly successful, as two recent Fifth Circuit decisions show.

  4. August 26, 2024

    5th Circ. Tip Rule Decision A Sign Of Post-Chevron Landscape

    The Fifth Circuit striking down a U.S. Department of Labor rule regarding tipped wages shows just how vulnerable federal wage and hour rules are without Chevron deference, attorneys say. Here, Law360 explores the decision.

  5. August 23, 2024

    5th Circ. Strikes Down DOL Tip Rule

    The Fifth Circuit struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule on tipped wages, saying it goes against the Fair Labor Standards Act and is therefore arbitrary and capricious.

  6. July 15, 2024

    Wage Cases To Follow As Justices Rein In Agencies

    A trio of U.S. Supreme Court rulings this term that dulled administrative agencies' power are likely to make an impact on how the U.S. Department of Labor enforces wage and hour law. Here, Law360 reviews six cases where their application is already becoming a point of contention.

  7. July 12, 2024

    Chevron Irrelevant To Tipped Worker Rule, DOL Tells 5th Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Labor told the Fifth Circuit that it need not consider the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision scrapping Chevron deference in a lawsuit restaurant groups filed combating a rule affecting tipped workers, saying it has no impact on the case.

  8. July 03, 2024

    Chevron's End Revives Tip Rule Challenge, 5th Circ. Told

    Restaurant groups suing to block a 2021 U.S. Department of Labor rule cracking down on when tipped workers can be paid subminimum wages filed a notice in the Fifth Circuit saying the court should follow the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision stating courts can independently interpret agencies' rules.

  9. April 29, 2024

    Restaurateurs Say DOL Drew Tipped Work 'Line' Unfairly

    The U.S. Department of Labor and two restaurant groups told the Fifth Circuit on Monday that they agreed the department's rule regulating what's tipped and nontipped work "is fundamentally a line-drawing problem," but disagreed on whether that "line" had been drawn appropriately under federal statutes.

  10. January 17, 2024

    DOL Tip Rule Nonsensical, Restaurant Groups Tell 5th Circ.

    Two restaurant-industry business groups urged the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to strike down a rule that would prevent employers from taking tip credits against servers' wages if they spend excess time performing untipped work, calling the rule an "ill-advised frolic."