FLSA Tipped Employees & Tip Credit
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-01-13 — Tipped Employee Protection Act: Tipped Employee Protection Act (House bill, introduced) would redefine “tipped employee” under the FLSA based solely on whether tips plus cash wages meet the federal minimum, removing any inquiry into the tasks the worker actually performs and expanding who employers may pay at the subminimum tipped cash wage. (novelty: 3)