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Don’t let your employer fund payroll with your tips. Let’s discuss who can be paid from a tip pool—and why employers must prove it’s legal. 1) The burden is on the employer—period. If your tips [...]

Date: June 24, 2025 Case Overview – Garcia v. Gloria’s Latin Cuisine Background on the Lawsuit The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit against Gloria’s Latin Cuisine began when Plaintiff [...]

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 [...]

Your Employer’s Illegal Charges: Unveiling Deductions for Servers and Bartenders As part 3 of our informative series, Empowering Servers, today we unravel an issue that’s all too common in [...]

Did Your Employer Provide You Proper Tip Credit Notice? In this second installment of our Empowering Servers Series, we delve deeper into the importance of proper tip credit notice. Understanding [...]

Empowering Servers and Bartenders with Knowledge of the Tip Credit Welcome to the first installment of our four-part series focused on empowering servers and bartenders by exploring and unmasking [...]

Are you a server who has been denied your tips? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay tipped employees at least the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per [...]