Restaurant and Tips

[clamp1988]

Can someone clarify laws around tips in restaurant.

A small restaurant with 5/6 staff has a policy of distributing tips collected whereby the tips are split 50% chef/kitchen and 50% waiters. They dont have a dedicated waiter serving a table as its a small restaurant. 1 waiter in particular has an issue where she collects all tips in cash given to her although she might not have served the table but taken payment. She then also wants record of all other tips colleceted in cash and how it is distributed. How do you deal with this.

 

[Mark T Jones]

I think this is an internal management issue rather than a legal one

Legal guidelines here https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...s-fairly-non-statutory-guidance-for-employers

There aren't many restaurant owners here to get a consensus, you may do better on on a hospitality group - EG on Facebook

 

[Newchodge]

Can someone clarify laws around tips in restaurant.

A small restaurant with 5/6 staff has a policy of distributing tips collected whereby the tips are split 50% chef/kitchen and 50% waiters. They dont have a dedicated waiter serving a table as its a small restaurant. 1 waiter in particular has an issue where she collects all tips in cash given to her although she might not have served the table but taken payment. She then also wants record of all other tips colleceted in cash and how it is distributed. How do you deal with this.

Why aren't you doing that anyway? If all tips are distributed 50:50 you have to know what tips have been collected.