Tip Pooling Update, Cash Back Dining and The Cannolo

17 Min Read By MRM Staff

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature two legal rulings affecting restaurants, harnessing restaurant technology, as well as news from Rich Products, NCR, Koomi and Uber Eats, Restaurant Revolution Technologies,  Rakuten and Rewards Network, Cheesecake Factory, The ONE Group Hospitality, Paytronix, Waddington NorthAmerica and Voodoo Doughnut. 

Latest Legal NewsThe U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule for tip provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (CAA). The proposal would also codify existing Wage and Hour Division (WHD) guidance into a rule.

The CAA prohibits employers from keeping employees' tips. During the development of those provisions, the Department provided technical assistance to Members of Congress. The Department's proposed rule would allow employers who do not take a tip credit to establish a tip pool to be shared between workers who receive tips and…