3rd Circuit Finds Banquet Service Charges Are Commissions Under State Law

Mealey's (November 8, 2018, 11:31 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The portion of banquet service charges paid to servers are commissions for the purposes of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act’s (PMWA) overtime exemption, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 12 (Nancy Livi, et al. v. Hyatt Hotels Corporation, et al., No. 17-3646, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 28810)....