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Tipping Bill receives Royal Assent

03 May 2023 by

Employers will be banned from withholding tips under the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, which received Royal Assent yesterday.

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Changes to tipping rules to become law after clearing House of Lords

24 April 2023 by

A bill that will prevent employers from making deductions from staff tips has cleared the House of Lords and will receive Royal Assent to become law.

Cameron House staff win over £130,000 in backdated tips News

Cameron House staff win over £130,000 in backdated tips

27 October 2022 by

Hospitality workers at a top Scottish hotel have won around £138,000 in backdated tips following a[...]

Wake-up call: Get ready for the new tipping legislation Restaurant News

Wake-up call: Get ready for the new tipping legislation

11 August 2022 by

The government is planning to make it illegal for businesses to take a cut of staff[...]

Cameron House workers demanding fairer tips system News

Cameron House workers demanding fairer tips system

10 August 2022 by

Around 60 workers at Cameron House Resort in Loch Lomond are understood to be demanding a[...]

Government moves forward with plans to ban operators taking a cut of staff tips News

Government moves forward with plans to ban operators taking a cut of staff tips

15 July 2022 by

A bill banning hospitality businesses from taking a cut of staff tips has had its second[...]

Tipping law dropped after Employment Bill excluded from Queen's Speech News

Tipping law dropped after Employment Bill excluded from Queen's Speech

10 May 2022

A bill that would have banned hospitality businesses from taking a cut of staff tips or service charge has been dropped after it was left out of today’s Queen’s Speech.

Government rumoured to have scrapped planned changes to tipping laws News

Government rumoured to have scrapped planned changes to tipping laws

05 May 2022

Speculation is growing that the government plans to backtrack on plans to ban hospitality businesses taking a cut of staff tips or service charge.

Wadadli Kitchen ‘embarrassed’ and 'deeply saddened' over late tips payments News

Wadadli Kitchen ‘embarrassed’ and 'deeply saddened' over late tips payments

28 January 2022 by

Garfield Hackett, director of Wadadli Kitchen, has said he is “deeply saddened by letting our staff[...]

Hospitality businesses to be banned from taking a cut of staff tips News

Hospitality businesses to be banned from taking a cut of staff tips

24 September 2021 by

Hospitality businesses are to be banned from taking a cut of staff tips or service charge[...]

Government set to announce changes to tipping laws News

Government set to announce changes to tipping laws

20 September 2021 by

The government will soon make an announcement on changes to the law around how hospitality tips[...]

Tom Kitchin Group appoints consultancy to 'investigate complaints' and overhauls tips system News

Tom Kitchin Group appoints consultancy to 'investigate complaints' and overhauls tips system

19 July 2021 by

The Tom Kitchin Group has appointed an independent, external HR consultancy to “investigate any complaints” and[...]

Expert warns of 'unintended consequences' of tipping legislation News

Expert warns of 'unintended consequences' of tipping legislation

28 June 2021

A tipping expert has warned of “unintended consequences” that can come with legislating, following news that a bill is being brought forward to enshrine in law that all tips must go to staff.

MP seeks to bring tipping legislation back to the forefront News

MP seeks to bring tipping legislation back to the forefront

28 June 2021

A new bill being brought forward by MP Dean Russell could see it become law for all tips in hospitality establishments to go to staff.

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