02.21.18

Ranking Member Scott on DOL Insufficient Response to Tip Theft Regulation

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor provided an inadequate response to a February 2, 2018, oversight letter requesting more information on the DOL’s proposed harmful tip rule. The Department’s response came after Ranking Member Scott transmitted a second letter calling on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to respond to outstanding inquiries from the Committee.

“I am disappointed that the DOL has failed to turn over information related to the allegedly withheld economic analysis for its proposed tip rule. This rule would allow employers to commandeer its employees’ tips, provided they are paid the full minimum wage.  In its response to a Congressional oversight request, the Department failed to even address reports that this information was withheld, an action, that if true, compromises the integrity of the rulemaking process. Instead, the Department reaffirmed its misguided view that the public will only get to know how the rule will impact workers once it has been finalized. We will continue to press the Department of Labor for any excluded analysis and urge it to abandon its ill-advised rule to let employers confiscate their workers’ tips.”

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