Restaurants can take now take more of thier workers tips businessinsider.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from businessinsider.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A new rule published by the Department of Labor on Tuesday would allow restaurant owners to take employees tips to pay back-of-the-house workers such as cooks and dishwashers.
An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found that change could cost workers more than $700 million.
The regulation would also allow employers to require tipped employees to perform more nontipped labor like cleaning. It s really, really clear this is about the interests of corporate executives and shareholders, Heidi Shierholz, an economist at EPI, told Business Insider.
A new rule rolled out in the final days of the Trump administration would allow restaurants to pull tips from their waitstaff to pay cooks and other employees, putting more cash in the pockets of owners while forcing front-of-house staffers to do more work for less money.
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Landlords go to federal court to block new evictions moratorium
They argue that Oregon should offer full compensation for back rents due to them.
Even before Gov. Kate Brown signs it, some landlords have sued in federal court to overturn Oregon s latest extension of a moratorium on residential evictions.
The lawsuit was filed Monday, Dec. 21 barely hours after the Legislature passed House Bill 4401 on behalf of Moe Farhoud, owner of Stark Firs Management of Portland, and other landlords. It names Brown, the state, Multnomah County and Portland as defendants in the action filed with U.S. District Court in Portland.
New Trump rule could cost waiters more than $700 million in lost wages, allowing employers to take more of their tips to pay other workers yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.