Minimum wage
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Proposals on punishing hospitality employers that pay workers less than the national minimum wage are tougher than anticipated, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 16 May 2007 | 17:53
Essential news from around the world, including: South Africa introduces minimum wage for hospitality workers; Hyatt plans to reach 120 hotels by end of year; Luxury hotel and wine spa to open in Portugal; Carlson Hotels adds nine hotels
Posted: 16 May 2007 | 11:30
Hospitality employers in London should be paying their workers a minimum of £7.20 per hour, according to the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
Posted: 04 April 2007 | 17:02
The national minimum wage band for younger workers constitutes age discrimination and must be brought into line with the adult rate, a leading lobby group has warned.
Posted: 13 March 2007 | 13:00
The national minimum wage is to rise from £5.35 to £5.52 an hour in October, the Department of Trade and Industry announced today.
Posted: 07 March 2007 | 15:03
Good employers should not be disadvantaged by those who persistently fail to pay the national minimum wage, says Employment Relations Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. He outlines how the Government’s new penalties policy is targeting non-compliers.
Posted: 05 February 2007 | 08:00
Hospitality employers which do not pay staff the national minimum wage face a £200 fine for each worker affected, under a government crackdown launched today.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 12:15
Fears have been raised about the prospect of hospitality workers being paid less than a living wage on the 2012 Olympics project.
Posted: 27 September 2006 | 14:23
Union leaders are demanding that the minimum wage rises to £6 an hour by October 2008.
Posted: 08 September 2006 | 12:25
An undercover investigation has revealed some hotel staff are being paid as little as £1.50 per hour - a fraction of the £5.05 minimum wage.
Posted: 05 September 2006 | 11:35
Unions have attacked the latest tronc guidance from HM Revenue & Customs, branding it unfair to hospitality staff.
Posted: 01 June 2006 | 00:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Pub chain removing Sky over cost of football matches; Leeds restaurant changing from fine dining to a brasserie; M&C to move £286m of hotel property into investment trust and more...
Posted: 30 May 2006 | 10:26
Employers can now avoid paying national insurance (NI) altogether by paying staff wages wholly out of tips, according to HM Revenue & Customs' latest interpretation of gratuities and tronc.
Posted: 25 May 2006 | 14:14
The new Economic Secretary to the Treasury Ed Balls today told celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to "stick to cooking" after the BBC presenter called for the minimum wage to be scrapped for restaurant workers.
Posted: 11 May 2006 | 16:36
Proposed changes to paid holidays could cost the hospitality industry £190m – and that’s on top of spiralling energy costs and a rising minimum wage, warns Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association.
Posted: 02 May 2006 | 14:41
"Rolling-up" holiday pay has been ruled illegal by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Posted: 20 April 2006 | 13:41
Thousands of catering and hospitality businesses could be forced to shed staff following a Government move to increase the statutory minimum for paid holidays.
Posted: 13 April 2006 | 00:00
The announcement by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that it's making fundamental changes to the guidelines concerning troncs...
Posted: 13 April 2006 | 00:00
The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s call to increase the adult rate of the minimum wage from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour from October.
Posted: 20 March 2006 | 11:13
More than 60 hotel and catering members of the GMB and T&G unions demonstrated last week in support of a living wage for London.
Posted: 05 October 2005 | 10:38
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