Tipping in restaurants.

Well done Carenin Rossa De Oliveria and her two colleagues. Hopefully more hospitality workers who don’t get their tips will go to the WRC.

It’s behind a paywall but here’s the main points;

‘’An ex-employee of theme restaurant Karen's Diner, which sells itself on the performance of rude service, has secured a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruling that she is due hundreds of euro in unpaid tips, in the third such decision against the chain.

The worker, Carenin Rosa De Oliveira, quit her job at Karen’s Diner on O’Connell Street in Dublin after going six months without receiving her share of the money, which she was meant to receive according to her ex-employer’s tipping policy, she told the WRC.’’

‘’She (The adjudicator) upheld three separate complaints by Ms Rosa de Oliveira under the Payment of Wages Act, awarding her a total of €796 for the breaches.

In decisions issued in March and April this year, the restaurant’s management was directed to pay over €1,200 to two other staff on foot of similar complaints.’’

Third ex-worker of Karen’s Diner wins claim over unpaid tips as company admits money is ‘owed’ to employees

An ex-employee of theme restaurant Karen's Diner, which sells itself on the performance of rude service, has secured a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruling that she is due hundreds of euro in unpaid tips, in the third such decision against the chain.
www.independent.ie
 
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Des Pondent said:
The worker, Carenin Rosa De Oliveira, quit her job at Karen’s Diner on O’Connell Street in Dublin after going six months without receiving her share of the mone
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Was she a waiter or kitchen staff? I think it is correct that tips should be collected and distributed among all the staff in the restaurant not just waiters. I have seen the worst of the tipping culture in north America where some waiter staff use revealing clothing and flirting as a way of attracting bigger tips, obviously they don't share tips with all the staff , it was more bars rather than restaurants that I really noticed this practice
 
joe sod said:
Was she a waiter or kitchen staff? I think it is correct that tips should be collected and distributed among all the staff in the restaurant not just waiters.
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The article doesn't say what position she held. It just said she didn't get what she was meant to get according to her ex employers tipping policy.

I think in a lot of places now all staff get a share of tips, though some staff might get a higher percentage than others.
 

A key point. Low paid employment can be precarious enough without the added stress of uncertainty/volatility of one's paycheck week to week.
 
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