LRD guides and handbook February 2015

Pay: getting it right - bargaining information for union reps

Chapter 2

Tips and the NMW

[ch 2: page 16]

Following a successful trade union and media campaign, restaurant and bar employers are no longer able to make up pay to the NMW using customers’ tips (regulation 5, National Minimum Wage 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009).