Minimum wage

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Unite continues campaign for fair tips with protest outside Pizza Express

Pizza ExpressThe Unite union is today stepping up its campaign for a fair distribution of tips with another protest against Pizza Express.
Posted: 18 April 2008 | 11:44

Would a local minimum wage work for everyone?

cafe waitressLondon mayoral candidates have pledged to bring in higher wages for the capital's lowest-paid hospitality workers. Christopher Walton reports
Posted: 17 April 2008 | 11:59

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

CatererSearch online news editor Chris DruceGordon Ramsay may have bought himself his own chef academy recently but for those already in the industry aspiring to great things time is running out to enter the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate awards. So chop, chop.
Posted: 11 April 2008 | 17:57

Mayor backs living wage for hotel and restaurant workers

waitressFour of the candidates to become Mayor of London have pledged to introduce a Living Wage for all hospitality workers in the Capital by 2012.
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 13:22

Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

Chris DruceProving you can’t have your American Pie and eat it, news this week that far from Cherish a new London boozer the Material Girl Madonna pretty much said Justify My Love and has denied that she has anything to do with Scottish & Newcastle’s Punch Bowl. Don’t preach; someone’s in trouble deep.
Posted: 07 March 2008 | 18:00

Wage probe won't meet July deadline

housekeeperThe Government has admitted that its vow to inspect 500 hotel businesses for violations of national minimum wage (NMW) legislation by July will not be met.
Posted: 06 March 2008 | 07:00

National minimum wage

The Government has announced that the National Minimum Wage for those above 22 years of age will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour in October.
Posted: 05 March 2008 | 14:28

National minimum wage to rise to £5.73

Employers’ groups have welcomed today’s announcement that the national minimum wage for those above 22 years of age will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour in October.
Posted: 05 March 2008 | 13:56

Anger over wage probe's slow start

housekeeperA Government crackdown targeting hotels flouting the national minimum wage started with a whimper, with fewer than 30 employers visited in the first six months of the year-long campaign, Caterer has learnt.
Posted: 24 January 2008 | 07:00

Industry warning over temps' rights

Growing Parlimentary support for additional rights for temporary workers could create an "administrative nightmare" for hotel companies hiring agency staff, the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned.
Posted: 20 December 2007 | 10:00

Waiting staff lowest paid in UK

waiter setting tableWaiting staff are the lowest paid employees in the UK, according to new analysis from the GMB.
Posted: 04 December 2007 | 16:59

Hilton agency staff were paid less than the minimum wage

housekeeperHilton has agreed to overhaul its recruitment practices for housekeeping staff in London after a year-long investigation by campaign group West London Citizens uncovered labour abuses of agency staff.
Posted: 01 November 2007 | 10:00

Paying a fair wage brings benefits to all

Employment Minister Pat McFaddenSome hospitality operators have complained about the latest rise in the national minimum wage, but it's all about protection for the lowest paid, insists Employment Minister Pat McFadden
Posted: 11 October 2007 | 00:00

National Minimum Wage increases today

waitress servingThe National Minimum Wage today increases from £5.35 to £5.52 an hour.
Posted: 01 October 2007 | 07:00

Hotels face crackdown on minimum wage

housekeeperThe Government is planning to crackdown on hotels that do not pay the minimum wage in a campaign that will extend to the entire hospitality sector next year.
Posted: 10 September 2007 | 11:44

Stick to paying young people minimum wage to avoid legal action

waitress servingHospitality businesses which take on young people over the summer may face legal action if they pay them more than the national minimum wage, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 24 August 2007 | 07:00

Hospitality backs tougher stance on minimum wage

The hospitality industry has rallied behind Government proposals to introduce tougher-than-expected penalties on employers paying staff below the national minimum wage.
Posted: 24 May 2007 | 11:30

Carluccio's slammed for paying less than minimum wage

Carcluccio's logoHigh-street restaurant chain Carluccio’s has been criticised for paying waiting staff £1.60 less per hour than the national minimum wage.
Posted: 23 May 2007 | 15:01

Paying less than national minimum wage will be penalised

waiter setting tableProposals 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

InterContinental adds two Indigo hotels in St. Louis and other international news

World newsEssential 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

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