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Ban on tips making up pay
Jonathan Prynn6 May 2009
Using tips to make up workers' pay to minimum wage levels will be outlawed from October.
Ministers confirmed the move after a long campaign by unions and said they wanted greater transparency and clarity for customers in bars and restaurants through a new code of practice.
Employment relations minister Pat McFadden said: "When people leave a tip for staff they have a right to know that it will not be used to make up the minimum wage. This is a basic issue of fairness."
Derek Simpson, Unite's joint general secretary said: "This is a triumph for the poorly paid in restaurants and hotels across the country. However, there remains a need for a transparent tipping system where 100 per cent of tips go to staff."
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If everyone who dined out asked where their tips or service charge go to they would soon be surprised at the amount of restaurants where neither go to the staff but they go onto management or owners. Do ask and if it doesn't go to staff, refuse to pay it.
- Kaye, London, 06/05/2009 13:15
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If everyone who dined out asked where their tips or service charge go to they would soon be surprised at the amount of restaurants where neither go to the staff but they go onto management or owners. Do ask and if it doesnt go to staff, refuse to pay it.
- Kaye, London, 06/05/2009 13:09
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