{"id":8364,"date":"2016-04-12T10:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T09:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8364"},"modified":"2016-04-12T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T13:08:00","slug":"why-are-we-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8364","title":{"rendered":"Why are we waiting?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The heat is being turned up on business secretary Sajid Javid over the long delay in publishing his report into \u00e2\u20ac\u0098tipping\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 abuses that have seen waiters being short-changed by their bosses.<\/p>\n

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Unite was instrumental in exposing \u00e2\u20ac\u0098tipping\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 abuses by Pizza Express and other popular restaurant chains which were pocketing a portion of tips instead of passing them on to staff.<\/p>\n

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This prompted Sajid Javid to launch the investigation into tipping practices last August. Unite submitted evidence to the inquiry calling for staff to be given 100 per cent of tips with complete control over how they are shared out.<\/p>\n

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Submissions closed on November 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and now five months later, hospitality staff are asking:\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Why are we waiting?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

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The publicity about the tips\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 scandal sparked similar concerns about how service charges are shared out in 4 and 5-star hotels, with allegations of sharp practice, lack of transparency, unjustifiable admin fees and large sums of money diverted to salaried managers.<\/p>\n

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Unite activists in the hospitality industry will stage a protest on Thursday (April 14) urging the business secretary to stop procrastinating and deliver his overdue report.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhen a diner leaves a tip, they rightly expect it to go to staff,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 the business secretary said last summer. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m concerned about recent reports, suggesting some restaurants pocket tips for themselves. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just not right.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSajid Javid made all the right noises in the heat of last summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tipping abuse scandal when he launched the investigation into the murky world of tips and service charges,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 argued Unite regional officer Dave Turnbull.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTips provide a large proportion of the income that waiting staff receive when working in London, one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most expensive cities,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHowever, in many ways, what is going on in the capital\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top hotels is far worse than the practices we uncovered in restaurants and involves much larger sums of money.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYet five months after it closed in early November we are still no closer to the much needed crack-down on dubious tipping practices,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Turnbull went on to say.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHave the flush bosses of the hospitality sector been leaning on the business secretary?<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is Javid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chance to bring justice to restaurant workers and customers alike. He needs to stop dithering and stamp out these rip-off practices once and for all,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he said.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBecause, until the government introduces mandatory rules on tipping, unscrupulous bosses will continue to dip into tips and skim off the service charge to cover everything from breakages, till shortages and customers who walk out without paying, as well as so-called administration costs.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYou name it – bad bosses know every trick in the book to diddle our members out of the tips that were left for them in good faith by customers.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Join our Unite protest demanding the release of Javid’s tipping report on Thursday (April 14) at 4pm outside the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills at 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H OET.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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