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Hospitality staff could soon keep the entirety of tips given to them by customers under new plans to safeguard workers' rights and remodel an industry-wide practice.
Employers would face sanctions for breaking the law if they pocket employees' tips under a new framework due to set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today.
A spokesman for the Department told the Times the new legislative guidelines were needed to ensure customers know their little extras end up in service staff's pockets.
The new rules could benefit approximately two million hospitality staff members in a welcome boost to low paid workers who often rely on tips to help boost minimum wage salaries.
Employers could face sanctions for breaking the law if they pocket their employees' tips under a new framework due to set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today
Research showed businesses that operate with an optional service charge for parties or gatherings often keep part of all of said charges instead of divvying them up among staff.
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