Hotel ordered to pay €7,000 to former waiter who quit his job in a row over tips

Waiter said he was instructed to hand over all tips received in cash.

The waiter said customers were generous with tips and that if he had been allowed to keep them, he would have made more than he earned in his weekly wages.

A hotel has been ordered to pay €7,000 in compensation to a former waiter who quit his job in a dispute over the failure to pay him tips received from customers.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the hotel, which is based in the Midlands, had unfairly dismissed the waiter and failed to pay him the tips he had earned.