S 781 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Tipped Employee Protection Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Braun R-IN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 14, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tipped Employee Protection Act

This bill modifies the definition of a tipped employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude consideration of an employee's duties when determining the combined amount of tips and direct wages an employee receives for the purpose of an employer meeting the minimum wage requirements.

Under the bill, an employer may pay a tipped employee the tipped minimum wage for tasks that are not related to tipped work as long as the employee's combined tips and direct wages total at least the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Current Department of Labor rules prohibit an employer from paying the tipped minimum wage for tasks that are not related to tipped work.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 30, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyMay 30, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1612Tipped Employee Protection ActIdentical billMar 14, 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2023Introduced in Senate

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