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Hospitality workers in London should be paid more than national minimum wage

waiter setting tableHospitality 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

Calls for younger workers minimum wage to increase to adult rate

CHOT 031105The 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

National minimum wage set to increase in October

housekeepingThe 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

Serving up better conditions for hospitality workforce

Employment Relations Minister, Jim FitzpatrickGood 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 face £200 fine for not paying national minimum wage

CHOT 031105Hospitality 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

Olympic workers need to be paid London living wage

olympic stadiumFears 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 call for a rise in the minimum wage

waiter setting the tableUnion leaders are demanding that the minimum wage rises to £6 an hour by October 2008.
Posted: 08 September 2006 | 12:25

Undercover reporter exposes some hotel staff are paid less than minimum wage

housekeeperAn 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 blast new tronc guidance

Unions have attacked the latest tronc guidance from HM Revenue & Customs, branding it unfair to hospitality staff.
Posted: 01 June 2006 | 00:00

Wolverhampton and Dudley eye up former Spirit pubs... 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: 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

Tronc rules leave NI loophole

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

Minister slams Worrall Thompson's attack on poor restaurant service

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

Changes to paid holiday will hit profits

Bob CottonProposed 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

Clampdown on 'rolling-up' holiday pay

waiter setting table"Rolling-up" holiday pay has been ruled illegal by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Posted: 20 April 2006 | 13:41

Jobs could be lost as Government raises holiday entitlement

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

You must act quickly on tronc repayments

The announcement by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that it's making fundamental changes to the guidelines concerning troncs...
Posted: 13 April 2006 | 00:00

Government accepts minimum wage increase

wiatress in barThe 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

Calls for a living wage in London

London cabMore 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

Rise in wages and energy costs will cost £7m, says W&D

Pub company Wolverhampton & Dudley (W&D) has said a rise in the National Minimum Wage and soaring energy costs will cost it £7m over the coming year.
Posted: 28 September 2005 | 10:59

Base-level minimum wage to go up in New Year

An increase to the base-level National Minimum Wage rate is likely next year, according to the British Hospitality Association (BHA).
Posted: 27 September 2005 | 12:28

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