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Michigan's restaurants get a 205-day reprieve on tip credit ruling

 By Peter Romeo on Aug. 01, 2022

The judge who effectively killed the standard says employers and regulators need time to adjust to his decision.

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What's on restaurants' fight card this week

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2022

Working Lunch: Restaurateurs could be stoking controversy with their stances on everything from guns to tipping.

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Shareholders push Denny's and Dine to look at ending tip credit

By Joe Guszkowski on May 05, 2022

The pension funds for New York state and New York City have joined calls for the companies to study the impact of higher wages. The moves are being backed by advocacy group One Fair Wage.

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Group opposing the tip credit offers N.Y. servers a new type of aid

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 09, 2022

One Fair Wage has launched a hotline where tipped employees can tell their stories of mistreatment and get legal counsel on what to do.

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Union group mounts $25M campaign against the tip credit

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 14, 2022

One Fair Wage said it will attempt to end the practice in 25 more states by 2026.

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Industry groups sue to kill a troublesome tip credit rule

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 07, 2021

The action aims to prevent the Biden administration from returning to the 80/20 rule for determining when tipped workers are entitled to a full wage.

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Tipping finds new life as a fast-food labor remedy

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 16, 2021

Reality Check: More quick-service restaurants are providing ways for guests to tip employees. Heck, even unions are suddenly for it.

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Sonic rolls out tipping option to more than 2,000 units

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 01, 2021

The drive-in chain intends to offer guests an option at all of its units to reward employees with a gratuity.

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DOL plans to cut restaurants less slack on tip theft

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 23, 2021

The department said that it would penalize restaurants up to $1,000 for dipping into employees' tips, even if it was inadvertent.

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Federal judge halts union's attempt to kill the tip credit through the courts

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 15, 2021

A suit alleging the credit is discriminatory and a major cause of sexual harassment was dismissed in part because the union group was pursuing an ideological objective.

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