Plans to introduce legislation prohibiting hospitality firms from taking a proportion of staff tips or service charge have been shelved, with one industry body describing the move as 'disappointing'.
Restaurants will no longer be able to take a proportion of staff tips or service charge under new plans to be set out by the Government today (24 September).
Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor Sacha Lord is calling for an industry-wide fair tipping policy amid warnings of a post-Covid decline in customers leaving gratuities.
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Restaurant workers at Harrods are calling on the store to allow staff to vote on who distributes their tips in the latest row over the use of service charges.
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Michel Roux Jr, owner with his family of the two Michelin-starred Le Gavroche restaurant in London’s Mayfair, is to scrap tipping in favour of including a service charge on all bills.
Fair tips campaigners from Unite will gather outside Fortnum & Mason later today (Thursday) in protest at what they say is a 'Scrooge-like' raid on staff wages and service charge payments at the luxury store's restaurants.
Trade union Unite staged a protest against STK London at its ME London Hotel on Friday, amidst claims that its 15 per cent service charge is being used to increase the salaries of four senior managers by as much as £50k a year each.
The Gallivant restaurant with rooms in Camber has scrapped its service charge and announced plans to share company profits with staff at the end of the financial year.
The Côte restaurant chain has denied claims that it keeps all the 12.5 per cent service charges it adds to bills and does not distribute them to staff.
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UK restaurateurs and front-of-house staff have slammed the decision of a New York restaurant to outlaw tipping, calling the move 'ridiculous' and one that should not be adopted by venues on this side of the pond.
It’s time to sort out the inconsistencies surrounding service charge in the uk. That’s our mission for 2007 and we need you to lead the debate. By 2008 we hope to have a solution that suits everybody.
