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MPs seek Europe-wide fair tipping rules - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Councils crack down on Peking Duck ovens; Dawnay Day sale slashes 45% off Premium shares; SATS exam markers headhunt Hilton bar staff
Posted: 21 July 2008 | 10:30

Fair tip campaign launches in Manchester

waitressThe Daily Mirror backed fair tips campaign has been launched in Manchester.
Posted: 18 July 2008 | 09:00

Michelin chefs back calls for government to close tips loophole

Marco Pierre White, Mark Hix, Giorgio Locatelli and the editor of the Michelin Guide have all backed calls for the Government to close the loophole allowing restaurants to use tips to make up the minimum wage.
Posted: 17 July 2008 | 10:35

How do I calculate the national minimum wage?

All workers are entitled to be paid at a rate which is not less than the national minimum wage, currently (per hour) £3.40 for 16- and 17‑year‑olds, £4.60...
Posted: 17 July 2008 | 00:00

Government to close loophole on tips

waitressThe Government is set to close the loophole that allows restaurants to use tips to make up the minimum wage, it was claimed today.
Posted: 16 July 2008 | 16:31

Newspaper launches fair pay campaign

Café RougeThe controversy over restaurants topping up minimum wage with tips was reignited today as The Independent newspaper launched a campaign demanding an end to the practice.
Posted: 15 July 2008 | 14:26

How will tronc ruling affect me?

With new tronc developments since the Annabel's ruling, employers need to know where they stand with paying their staff. Peter Davis of accountants, tax and business advisory group Vantis explains
Posted: 03 July 2008 | 00:00

HMRC appeal over NMW tronc payments will affect few businesses

Paying the billHospitality operators have been told not to panic, despite a successful appeal by the tax man on the use of non-cash tips to top-up earnings to meet the national minimum wage.
Posted: 16 June 2008 | 18:43

Time for the industry to come clean over tipping

TGI Friday's was one of the first groups to back Unite's Fair Tips CharterEvery restaurant and hotel has a different policy covering distribution of tips, it seems. And the customers are confused. Very confused. Nic Paton reports
Posted: 29 May 2008 | 00:00

Trade union Unite joins forces with newspaper over tips

waitressTrade union Unite has joined forces with the Daily Mirror to launch a campaign urging restaurants and hotels to sign a “fair tips charter”.
Posted: 15 May 2008 | 07:00

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

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

Government looking at taking direct action on restaurant tips

waitressThe Government has given its clearest signal yet that it may get involved in the contentious but legal practice of using waiting staff’s tips to top up the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
Posted: 07 April 2008 | 11:32

Caterersearch's Best of the hospitality web round-up

Best of the hospitality webThe best from the hospitality web including Michael Jackson's secret hotel hideaway.
Posted: 31 March 2008 | 11:39

Gordon Ramsay to double empire in three years - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

Weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: BAA to sell 33 properties to Arora; Fifteen training “hit-and-miss”, says report: Starbucks ordered to pay out $100m in withheld tips.
Posted: 25 March 2008 | 10:55

Review of the Year 2007: The ups and downs of the past 12 months

With the global credit crunch beginning to affect consumer and investor confidence, the Government finding more ways of making life harder for hospitality and tourism operators, plus the summer floods, 2007 was an action-packed year. Angela Frewin takes a look back
Posted: 19 December 2007 | 12:39

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

Revenue to appeal against tronc ruling

HMRC logoHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to launch an appeal against a ruling that said non-cash tips could be counted towards the minimum wage.
Posted: 31 October 2007 | 07:00

Union leaders launch campaign for fair tips

waitressUnion leaders are today launching a campaign calling on the Government to close the loophole that allows hospitality employers to use tips to make up the minimum wage.
Posted: 27 September 2007 | 11:07

Tips can count towards minimum wage, finds tribunal

Restaurateurs will not be forced to pay out thousands in back payments after a tribunal threw out an HM Revenue & Customs claim that a London restaurant group had ripped off its employees by not paying them the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
Posted: 07 September 2007 | 10:19

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