NMRA Webinar - Wage & Hour Rules for Restaurants

Description

Give your team the clarity they’ve been waiting for with a fast-paced, plain‑English deep dive into federal wage and hour rules for restaurants.

Why this webinar matters

• The U.S. Department of Labor is actively scrutinizing restaurant pay practices, with tipped workers and tip credits a frequent focus of investigations and audits.
• A single mistake in your tip pooling, overtime, or recordkeeping practices can trigger back wages, penalties, and costly legal exposure.
• This session shows you how to align your pay practices with FLSA requirements so you can protect margins without sacrificing compliance.

What you’ll learn

This webinar is built specifically for restaurants and their frontline HR and payroll decision‑makers. You will:

• Decode how FLSA rules really apply to tipped employees in restaurants, including tip credits, service charges, and dual jobs.
• Understand legal tip pools from top to bottom, including who can participate, what managers can and cannot receive, and how to structure policies that withstand scrutiny.
• Get clear on federal recordkeeping, overtime, and youth employment (child labor) rules that commonly trip up restaurants.
• Learn about common DOL findings in restaurant investigations so you can fix similar issues before they’re on an investigator’s radar.
• For a detailed breakdown of what will be covered under the FLSA, please see the Handy Reference Guide to the FLSA.

Exclusive look at the PAID Program

You will also get an inside tour of the DOL’s Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) Program, a voluntary initiative that helps employers self‑identify and resolve wage issues. In many cases, this path can reduce litigation risk, speed up back‑wage resolutions, and demonstrate good‑faith efforts to comply with the law.

Who should attend

This is designed for anyone who touches HR or payroll decisions in a restaurant, including:

• Owners, operators, and general managers who set pay structures and tip policies.
• HR managers, bookkeepers, and payroll leads who handle scheduling, timekeeping, and wage calculations.
• Multi‑unit leaders who need consistent, compliant systems across several locations and jurisdictions.

Why you can’t skip this

If you want to safeguard your business from wage and hour missteps, reduce anxiety around DOL audits, and give your team confident answers on tipping, overtime, and youth labor, this is the one webinar you can’t afford to miss. You will leave with practical checklists, clear action items, and the confidence to tighten up your pay practices immediately.