Workers must keep all tips from customers under new law

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj9mxnyezdo

Posted by topotaul

3 Comments

  1. Round-Spite-8119 on

    Superb – easy and simple change with zero downsides. If a restaurant wants to charge more, then they need to set their prices accordingly.

    > However, while she supported the legislation, she believed it would hit some companies that were unprepared.

    Good. Literally, good.

    Are there any massive loopholes, does this include the “12.5% service charge” etc, or is that separate?

    > But she claimed the policy was “another example of costs being placed on a sector that can least afford it”.

    Oh get off! In what world – it’s simple, in business you state a price to the customer, they pay the price. Job done. If you’re relying on tips to operate your business, you are doing it wrong.

  2. I always ask if any of the management get any of the tip I’m about to give, if the answer is yes, I’ll either try sneak the money to the waiter/ress or make a point of telling the manager that I think they are a POS.

    After working in bars and pubs in restaurants in London, there was nothing better than sitting down at the end of the shift with a cold beer and splitting the tips amongst us. If it was a Friday or Saturday night most times we’d just put the tips in a kitty and go out on the piss.

  3. >Many have welcomed the change, but some warned it could burden businesses with extra costs.

    I’m curious what the extra costs might be, since you know it’s tips.