TIPPING MENU
Appetisers If you fail to recognise your waiter or waitress, it will be because of the broad smile on their face. The man choking at the corner table is an employment tribunal judge, whose friend has just texted with the advice that if he is going to retire, doing it within the next couple of months would be wise. And the solicitor behind you who has ordered the 25-course tasting menu with recommended wines for each is celebrating the addition of tipping claims to their niche practice of flight delay, PPI and car finance commission (which could yet come a cropper) litigation. Sitting at their table with a calculator resting on their amuse-bouche and a pen clip winking from their breast pocket is an accountant who has designs on offering independent tronc services to eating establishments.
Starters The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 comes fully into force on 1 October
