Consumer Confidential: Trump aims to reverse an Obama-era rule on restaurant tips
When it comes to restaurant tipping, the Trump administration apparently thinks socialism is best.
The Labor Department has notified the Office of Management and Budget that it intends to rescind an Obama-era rule preventing restaurant owners from pooling servers' tips with kitchen staff.
The rule specified that tips belong solely to the server. The Trump administration wants restaurant owners once again to be able to redistribute the wealth among non-tipped workers.
A Labor Department spokesman declined to elaborate on the agency's OMB filing, which offers no explanation for the proposed change.
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