To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers should continue to track and keep records of the percentage of time tipped wage earners spend performing non-tip eligible tasks, as the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has pressed pause on several provisions of the Trump Administration’s 2020 Final Rule addressing Tip Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Among the provisions paused is one that effectively eliminated the so-called “80/20” Rule and allowed an employer to still take a tip credit for certain non-tipped duties. The DOL’s 2020 Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) addressing myriad of FLSA tip regulations was issued in December 2020 and set to go into full effect on April 30, 2021. However, on the eve of the effective date, the DOL announced that it was delaying implementing three parts of the Final Rule, specifically: (i) the “80/20” Rule under the “dual jobs” provisions of the FLSA regulations as it concerns tipped workers; and (ii) two aspects concerning the DOL’s ability to assess civil money penalties, until December 31, 2021. The other portions of the Final Rule were given the greenlight by the DOL effective as of April 30, 2021.