A new law is intended to stop restaurant bosses pocketing staff tips. But as Jamie Elliott reports, there may be no changeA change to the law intended to stop restaurants using tips to make up staff’s pay to the minimum wage will do nothing to stop employers pocketing all of the tips diners leave.Last month the government announced the change to minimum wage regulations, which will come into force in October. It said the measures would close a loophole in the law that allows restaurants to make up staff pay to the minimum wage of £5.73 per hour through tips, and would “give thousands of workers fair wages … and boost consumer confidence in the use of tips”. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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