Some workers shortchanged: Don’t be shy to ask about tips

The hospitality sector struggles to find chefs to sustain, much less grow, its businesses, and so it regularly berates Government. It seems fair to suggest that the sector, like any in a market-driven economy, has the solution in its own hands — offer prospective employees more attractive packages and they will come.

Anyone who suggests that basic rates in the sector offer employees a viable life, much less a viable family life, needs to reconsider the harsh realities of Ireland 2018.