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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29  

Labor

 

Chapter V  

Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 531  

Wage Payments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

 

 

 

Subpart C  

Interpretations


29 CFR 531.50 - Statutory provisions with respect to tipped employees.

  • Section Number: 531.50
  • Section Name: Statutory provisions with respect to tipped employees.

    (a) With respect to tipped employees, section 3(m) provides:

    In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid such 
employee by his employer shall be deemed to be increased on account of 
tips by an amount determined by the employer, but not by an amount in 
excess of 50 per centum of the applicable minimum wage rate, except that 
in the case of an employee who (either himself or acting through his 
representative) shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
actual amount of tips received by him was less than the amount 
determined by the employer as the amount by which the wage paid him was 
deemed to be increased under this sentence, the amount paid such 
employee by his employer shall be deemed to have been increased by such 
lesser amount.

    (b) ``Tipped employee'' is defined in section 3(t) of the Act as 
follows:

    Tipped employee means any employee engaged in an occupation in which 
he customarily and regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips.
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