Honourable thing is to back legal right to tips

The Low Pay Commission has advised the Government not to legislate to ensure workers in the service industry have a legal right to their tips.

In a report on the issue to Employment Affairs and Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty, the commission acknowledges the good intent of a bill introduced by Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan to make it illegal for employers to take their employees’ tips, but says such a law would be unworkable.