Employment Law Report

New duties-based standard changes the tipped-employee analysis and carries implications for tip credits and tip pools.

Effective April 10, 2026, Kentucky changed its definition of a “tipped employee”. Kentucky replaced a money-based test with additional duties standards that look at what the employee actually does. Under the prior ...

As the school year draws to a close and some employers turn to workers under the age of eighteen (18) to fill various open roles for the summer and beyond, we note a couple of recent changes by Indiana lawmakers concerning the employment of minors.

By: Daniel Burke and Daniel O'Connor*

Ohio Senate Bill 47 (SB 47) took effect on July 6, 2022. This law does not break any new ground, but rather aligns Ohio’s overtime pay requirements with similar provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that have been in effect for decades. Most notably, SB 47 created new Ohio Revised Code § 4111.031 ...