{"id":5701,"date":"2016-11-05T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2016-11-05T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T09:00:49","slug":"tipped-employees-fair-labor-standards-act-flsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/tipped-employees-fair-labor-standards-act-flsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">During my work as an employment law attorney I often have employers ask whether the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to those employees they have who receive and are paid through tips. The purpose of this post is to identify and describe the requirements of the FLSA to employees who receive tips.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">According to the United State Department of Labor,<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/tipped-employees-fair-labor-standards-act-flsa\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney During my work as an employment law attorney I often have employers ask whether the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to those employees they have who receive and are paid through tips. 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