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Ruling in Wynn tip
case will
wait until at least mid-may
Wynn tip-pooling
ruling delayed until May
By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Feb. 16, 2010
Copyright © Las Vegas
Review-Journal
Wynn Las Vegas dealers will now have to wait until
May for a ruling on whether or not the property's
tip-pooling policy breaks state labor law.
Attorneys for the resort have asked Nevada Labor
Commissioner Michael Tanchek for more time to file
briefs in the case, which in turn will delay
Tanchek's ruling, the labor commissioner's office
announced Tuesday.
A ruling was initially planned for January, but in
December Tanchek pushed the date to April because he
needed more time than expected to review 55 hours of
testimony from the hearing.
Hearings on the Wynn tip-pooling policy began in
July and concluded in October.
Wynn dealers are asking Tanchek to find that the
resort's new tip policy violates state labor laws.
They are asking him to award about 500 dealers $35
million in back pay and penalties.
Attorneys for Wynn have maintained that the tip
policy complies with state laws. They said the
resort's tip-sharing policy allowing front-line
resort employees to share dealers' tips is
comparable to a restaurant sharing tips between
busboys, bartenders and waiters.
Attorneys for both sides have said any decision by
Tanchek will be appealed, probably to Clark County
District Court, where dealers first challenged the
policy in 2006.
Contact reporter Arnold M. Knightly at
aknightly@reviewjournal.com or
702-477-3893. |
