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Fair Labor Standards Act Allows Tip Sharing between Tipped and Non-Tipped Employees

A recent amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits employers from keeping employees’ tips, including allowing managers or supervisors to keep any portion of these tips. The amendment also allows for tipped workers (e.g., waiters) to share tips with non-tipped workers (e.g., cooks) as long as the employer does not take a “tip credit.”

Supreme Court Exempts Auto Service Advisors from Overtime

The United States Supreme Court, in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, has held that “service advisors” are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “automobile dealer” exemption applicable to salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics.

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State-Compliance-Update, Rhode-Island-

Rhode Island has joined the growing list of states and municipalities that have enacted paid sick leave laws. The new law takes effect July 1, 2018

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State-Compliance-Update, Utah-

Utah amends its civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy in places of public accommodation. The amendment also creates the Utah Breastfeeding Protection Act, which provides that a woman may breastfeed in any place of public accommodation.

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State-Compliance-Update, Washington-

Job applicants and employees in Washington who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking will have new protections against employment discrimination under a law that will go into effect on June 7, 2018.

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State-Compliance-Update, Washington-

Washington amends the Equal Pay Opportunity Act, its wage discrimination law, to prevent pay differentials based on gender. It also prohibits employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers.

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