Small Business Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-7261
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Small Business Flexibility Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the pooling of tips among employees who (1) customarily and regularly receive tips (as under current law), (2) customarily and regularly receive tips and are paid at least minimum wage, and (3) do not customarily and regularly receive tips.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7261 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 29, 2022 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow the pooling of tips among all employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Flexibility Act . 2. Tip pooling Section 3(m)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking employees who customarily and regularly receive tips and inserting pools of employees described in subparagraph (C) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) The pools of employees described in this subparagraph are as follows: (i) Employees who customarily and regularly receive tips. (ii) Employees who— (I) customarily and regularly receive tips and receive a cash wage paid by the employer that is not less than the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1); and (II) do not customarily and regularly receive tips. .