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With the World Cup starting this week, thousands of international tourists from different tipping cultures will be flooding the U.S., and attorneys say that restaurants considering imposing mandatory service charges to offset potential missing tips must keep wage and hour compliance in mind. Here, Law360 shares three tips for service-industry employers to consider if mandatory service charges enter their compensation game.

A recently reintroduced bipartisan bill that would provide federal employees up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave could give them the much-needed time off for medical-related issues while also helping to boost recruitment, said U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., a primary sponsor of the bill. Beyer spoke with Law360 about the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act.

The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed joint employer rule drew praise from franchisee organizations, which said the changes provide clarity, while others, including a coalition of more than 20 state attorneys general, said the rule overly limits long-standing standards.

Three Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would tackle wage theft by requiring employers to disclose to their employees the terms of their employment, imposing penalties for wage theft violations and bolstering recordkeeping requirements.

Three Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would tackle wage theft by requiring employers to disclose to their employees the terms of their employment, imposing penalties for wage theft violations and bolstering recordkeeping requirements.

11th Circ. Upholds Airline's Win In COVID Discrimination Case

A group of workers for a commercial airline and a related entity failed to support their claims that the companies' COVID-19 pandemic-era policies discriminated against their religious beliefs, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, while sharply criticizing their attorney for his misuse of artificial intelligence.

A group of workers for a commercial airline and a related entity failed to support their claims that the companies' COVID-19 pandemic-era policies discriminated against their religious beliefs, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, while sharply criticizing their attorney for his misuse of artificial intelligence.

A group of workers for a commercial airline and a related entity failed to support their claims that the companies' COVID-19 pandemic-era policies discriminated against their religious beliefs, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, while sharply criticizing their attorney for his misuse of artificial intelligence.

The Seventh Circuit's new standard for certifying collective actions, introduced a year ago in an age discrimination case against pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, has turned out to be less onerous than certification standards recently established by other circuits and hasn't significantly impacted notice distribution, wage and hour attorneys say.