President Donald Trump's nominee to become secretary of labor faced questions Thursday from U.S. Senate committee about the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed wage and hour rules, with Democrats indicating that their support might not come easily.
Democrats in Congress are seeking to eliminate the tip credit, while federal Republican lawmakers are proposing to make it easier to classify employees as tipped workers whom employers can pay below minimum wage. Here, Law360 looks at three pieces of pending tipped wages legislation.
The clock is ticking for Congress to avoid another quorum lapse at the National Labor Relations Board after the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmed the president's nominees to two seats Wednesday with only a few weeks before lawmakers' August recess.