Tips, Tip Pooling, and Tip Credits: What is a Restaurant Legally Allowed to do with its Tips?
July 25, 2022
by Cara D. Butler
Employees in a restaurant setting often receive tips, and employers often take a “tip credit” toward the minimum wage that they have to pay (allowing the employer in Arkansas to pay $2.63/hour to the tipped employee if the tipped employee receives at least $8.37 per hour in tips to make up the…
Emotional Support Animals and Access to Public Facilities
Imagine you are in charge of a facility that is open to the public—perhaps a church, a restaurant, a hardware store, or an apartment building. A woman enters with a dog on a leash. She says the dog is a service dog or emotional support animal, and she asks that the dog be allowed to accompany her…
U.S. Department of Justice Resumption of Supplemental Environmental Projects: National Association of Clean Air Agencies Submits Comments
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted comments on a memorandum issued on May 5th by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) titled: Guidelines and Limitations for Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties (“Memorandum”) The…
Section 404/Clean Water Act: US Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) Public Notices Sherwood, Arkansas, Drainage Project Application
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) (“Corps”) issued a July 20th public notice regarding a Section 404 Clean Water Act application by the City of Sherwood, Arkansas. The application requests authorization for the placement of dredged and fill materials in waters of the…
Storage Tank Enforcement/Trust Fund Eligibility: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order Addressing Henderson Underground Storage Tank System
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a July 19th proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Johnson and Clayton, Inc. (“JCI”) addressing underground storage tank trust fund eligibility and alleged violations. See Case No. FDA22-0014. The Order provides that JCI…