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03/28/2026

Sharing of tips with managers or other customarily non-tipped employees or requiring tip credit paid employees to pay for uniforms or TABC licenses may result in significant money owed to tipped employees.

12/31/2024

Tipped employees may be owed significant back wages if their employer violates FLSA tip payment laws. The USDOL recovered $230,000 for restaurant employees who were not properly paid all tips. Contact the Vaught Firm for a no cost initial consolation to learn more about your tipped employee rights.

U.S. Department of Labor recovers $230,353 in tips for 274 Austin BBQ restaurant workers.

11/25/2024

Tip theft is illegal. Contact the Vaught Firm to learn more about your rights as a tipped employee. No cost initial consultation.

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04/30/2024

New Department of Labor regulations mean more employees will be eligible for overtime pay. Contact the Vaught Firm to learn more about your wage rights.

The U.S. Department of Labor finalized new regulations regarding the amount of salary required for employers to treat employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements. "Exempt" means the employee does not have to be pa...

02/09/2023

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05/22/2022

The FLSA was recently amended to provide more protections against tip theft. Managers and supervisors cannot take any portion of tips for employees. Employees who experience tip theft may recover significant money for those violations.

This is more common than you might think. In fact, I filed a tip theft case in federal court in Fort Worth last week.