2021-02485: Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Delay of Effective Date
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In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2021 from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action proposes to delay until April 30, 2021 the effective date of the rule entitled Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("Tip Rule"), published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2020. The rule's current effective date is March 1, 2021. WHD seeks comments on this proposed delay, which would allow the Wage and Hour Division additional opportunity for review and consideration of the new rule.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 6 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 29 CFR 10 Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors
- 29 CFR 516 Records to Be Kept by Employers
- 29 CFR 531 Wage Payments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- 29 CFR 578 Tip Retention, Minimum Wage, and Overtime Violations—Civil Money Penalties
- 29 CFR 579 Child Labor Violations—Civil Money Penalties
- 29 CFR 580 Civil Money Penalties—Procedures for Assessing and Contesting Penalties
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