if you work in the service industry and tipping is something that features large
in your life in terms of your remuneration and so forth you'll be glad to know that a new law
on taping came into effect on the Irish statute books from yesterday the 1st of December 2022.
the act in question is the payment of wages Amendment tips and gratuities act 2022 and
it makes provision now for how tips gratuities and service charges are to be shared between
employees it amends the payment of wages act 1991 and it distinguishes between a mandatory
charge imposed by the service provider for example a proper restaurant and a voluntary
payment such as a tip or a gratuity given by the consumer or customer employers cannot now
describe a mandatory service charge apply to a bill as a service charge unless the payment is
treated in the same way as a tip or a gratuity the effect of this provision is that the service
charges can only be added to a bill if the money goes to the employees so clearly that's good news
for employees working in the service industry in hotels in restaurants in pubs and so forth
all employees must be consulted on how the tips or gratuities are to be distributed between employees
electronic tips by card or smartphone must be distributed in a transparent Fairway factors to
be considered when deciding how to distribute tips include the workers role in the delivery
of the service whether the employee is full-time or part-time contract the number of hours worked
the value of the sales seniority or experience of the employee so there are factors that need to be
considered when you're deciding how to distribute tips the employers must give a statement to the
employees showing how the tips have been distributed within 10 days of distribution
cash tips are paid directly to the worker and the employer must publish a notice of how cached
tips are distributed the tips and gratuities notice and there is a notice that must go up
we're supposed to go up in the workplace it's called a tips and gratuities notice must State
one whether or not tips and gratuities are distributed amongst staff to the way they are
distributed and the amounts and three whether or not service charges are Distributors and how if
they are how the Distributors if they are these rules are to be enforced through the workplace
relations commission that's the WRC who can order an employer to reimburse any unlawful
tip or gratuity deductions if the employee is not happy that the law is being applied
in the workplace he or she must first speak to the employer about it and if this does not resolve the
problem then they can submit a claim to the workplace relations Commission in the usual
way this involves submitting an online Complaint Form on the workplace relations commission website
complaint must be submitted within six months of the alleged breach again the ACT is called the
payment of wages Amendment tips and gratuities act 2022 and if you're so minded you can get
that online because all Irish law which is on the statute box is published for free and is
online on the Irish statute book website and it's worth having a look at but you can check out my
website as well employment rates ireland.com I've written a blog post basically called new
law on tipping starts on 1st of December 2022 that's the situation hope you found this video
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