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Understanding Non-Tipped Side Work Laws as a Server For servers working in restaurants across the United States, understanding the legalities surrounding non-tipped side work is crucial. This [...]

Restaurants and Tip Credit Exploitation: A Growing Concern The hospitality industry is notorious for taking advantage of their staff, and one area where restaurants most often exploit their [...]

What Every Server and Bartender Should Know About FLSA Side Work Laws For servers, bartenders, and the broader restaurant community, ‘side work’ is a familiar term. It encompasses [...]

Decoding Side Work: Servers’ Guide to Nontipped Duties & Side Work This is part 4 of our informative series, Empowering Servers, and today we unravel another issue that’s all too common in [...]

Why “Burden of Proof” Matters for Workers Determining which party has the burden of proof in a legal proceed can be a complicated issue. This is one reason that it is important to [...]

In a “win” for workers, the federal Department of Labor has proposed new regulations regarding tipped employees, including reinstatement of the 80/20 rule for side work. The new [...]

Side Work May Violate Wage Laws Statistics show that the restaurant industry provides jobs for 15 million people and generates $799 billion each year. Despite the size and scope of the restaurant [...]

Too Much Side-Work? A Win for Servers. In a ruling that could have sweeping consequences for waiters and waitresses working the restaurant industry, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of [...]