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Committee backs alignment with federal tipping rules after split testimony from restaurants and workers
Summary
The committee approved SB 416 to default New Hampshire tip-pooling and sharing rules to federal FLSA standards after a hearing that split industry groups (supporters) and workers/advocates (opponents) on whether federal rules would reduce worker protections.
A Senate committee voted to advance SB 416, a bill that would align New Hampshire's tip-pooling and tip-sharing statutes with federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules. Sponsor Senator Tim McHugh said the change addresses a longstanding compliance problem for small hospitality businesses: "Under current New Hampshire law, the tip related rules are pretty ambiguous and open to changing interpretation by the Department of Labor," he told the committee.
Industry witnesses — including Mike Summers of the New Hampshire Lodging and…
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