The article I posted on ethics was about lawsuits formed based on workers being deprived of their wages and tips. A recent Wall Street Journal Article explains that recommendations for the state of New York for worker's tips and pay have been created over a year ago, and have yet been acted on. These recommendations could decrease the lawsuits filed against restaurant owners drastically.
Restaurant owners have expected the proposals for months now, but they are still waiting. The new laws are expected to consider everything from minimum wage to tipped employees to how tips are to be handed out. (Reddy) One of the recommendations was raising the wage of tipped employees to $5 rather than $4.65. Also, restaurants are required to give between $4 and $9 every week to workers who are required to wear a specific uniform. It was recommended that this rule be taken away.
The state Labor Department has said that the new wage order will be posted within a couple of weeks. Following that, there will be a 45 day period for people to comment on their thoughts. Once all comments are considered and edited, the wage order can be put to use.
President of the New York State Restaurants Association has said that there is so much confusion because the laws are not clear enough. People are hiring attorneys just to tell them what the law means. (Reddy) Hopefully, the order will be presented soon enough to clear up problems that could have been solved a long time ago.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703.html?KEYWORDS=restaurant+industry
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