Restaurant staff to keep all tips under new gov plans

Restaurants are to be barred from keeping tips from staff under plans to be announced by Theresa May today – the BBC reports.

May said the legislation was part of the Government's push to end exploitative employment practices, following a public outcry causes by some restaurants skimming off a share of tips.

One such restaurant was TGI Fridays, where workers held a series of strikes earlier this year over a new pay policy that redistributes customer tips from waiters to kitchen staff.

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Unite Regional Officer Dave Turnbull said this crackdown was long overdue and the union would seek assurances that the legislation truly delivered fair tips.