HOUSTON – Even when employers are performing with the perfect of intentions, they’ll make errors that might get them in hassle with wage and hour legal guidelines.
Talking on the Hospitality Regulation Convention, Courtney Leyes, associate at Fisher Phillips, outlined methods resort and restaurant employers have run afoul of the U.S. Division of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division by not understanding the Truthful Labor Requirements Act and related state labor legal guidelines.
Dealing with Suggestions
For operations which have staff pool suggestions, comparable to in a restaurant, the rule of thumb isn’t embrace a supervisor, supervisor or perhaps a workforce lead within the pool, Leyes stated.
It’s frequent sufficient in eating places for servers to make greater than their managers due to suggestions, making it attractive for managers to attend tables when the workforce is short-staffed for a shift or two, she stated. Some might say that when the supervisor is ready tables, they’re not performing as a supervisor.
