Low-wage earners will find out Tuesday how much of a pay rise the country can afford to give them in the face of government and business warnings about inflation.The ACTU has applied for a $26 a week increase in all pay scale wage rates but key employer group the...
Working in a traditional office may be exciting for some people, especially for those who can avail of flexible time and still earn big bucks from their office jobs. But this is not the case for most people who have had enough of daily commuting, minimum wage rates and the...
Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: UpdateIt's Not That Clear CutI read all the responses about the tip jar settlement but it was never clear whether a lawyer was consulted by a disgruntled employee or a lawyer went looking for the case.That notwithstanding, the whole subject of tips and how they are distributed...
Former minister reveals secret deal on minimum wage as campaign takes off 'All tips should go to the staff' Giorgio Locatelli 'Restaurants are betraying customers' Mark Hix 'It's too easy to operate an unfair system'...
The Independent's campaign for fair tips has won the backing of leading chefs, politicians and restaurant guides. Marco Pierre White, Antony Worrall Thompson and Giorgio Locatelli all demanded an end to the widespread abuses of Britain's waiters and waitresses. The editor of Britain's gastronomic bible, the Michelin...
LEADING ARTICLE TIPPING CAMPAIGN When we launched our campaign for transparency in tipping, we highlighted the way in which some establishments use customers' tips to make the wages of their staff up to the legal minimum. Our argument was that tips are tips...
Britain's biggest restaurant group was accused yesterday of increasing its profits by using tips from customers at two of its high street "pizza and pasta" chains to top up the earnings of waiting staff to ensure they are paid the minimum wage. Gondola Group, the private equity-controlled...
FAIR TIPS FAIR PAY Today, The Independent sets out three simple guidelines for fair treatment of waiting staff, asking that the Government introduces new legislation to end the widespread unfair tipping practices adopted by many of Britain's restaurants: 1) All restaurants should operate a...
What happens to the money you leave as tips and service charges in restaurants? Is it a bonus for the staff? Does the management skim off the lion's share? Or do the waiters and waitresses take home the minimum wage, no matter how generous you are? In a special investigation,...
KRISTEN Lopez Eastlick's claim that an increase in Pennsylvania's minimum wage has decreased summer jobs in Pennsylvania is nonsense. Here are two critical facts her letter leaves out. First, the legislation that increased the minimum wage in January and July 2007 required the Department of Labor and Industry to analyze...
I am for free trade. Send manufacturing overseas or to Mexico. Think about it. No child-labor laws. No unions. No minimum wage. No environmental controls. No workers compensation. No unemployment insurance. No Social Security tax. No overtime. No OSHA, etc., etc. Remember the motto from the past? As General Motors...
Following the lead of the federal government, the Utah Labor Commission has raised the minimum wage from $5.85 an hour to $6.55 an hour, effective July 24. Each state has to adopt minimum-wage standards that at least meet the U.S. Department of Labor's minimum, in the rare...
-- In 2007, Urbi was the public company with the highest production of housing for workers earning 4 minimum wages or less, who represent more than 70% of the Mexican population -- The company received an award for its work in terms of urban development equipment and community...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHILE A HANDFUL of Don McLean scholars may still wonder what day the music died, classical music fans carry the answer around like a yellowed piece of sheet music. The music died today. And it was always better yesterday. Recent evidence of the end:...
WASHINGTON -- Restaurant operators, already dealing with rising food and energy costs, are bracing for the next hike in the federal minimum wage, set to go into effect July 24. Congress raised the rate to $5.85 per hour last year, the first increase in 10 years. Federal legislation...
BEIJING AFP — China's capital Beijing is to raise its minimum salary by 10 percent in a bid to help the worst-off cope with rising inflation, state media said Saturday. Beginning from July 1, the minimum monthly salary for city employees will rise from 730 to 800 yuan...
WASHINGTON AFP — The US embassy in Chad has temporarily moved non-essential staff to Cameroon and suspended visa services, the State Department said Monday as armed rebels waged an offensive in Chad. "The embassy right now is functioning right now with the minimum staff and is providing services...
Once upon a time, I was the world's worst waiter. There is one shift I still rerun in my stress-dreams; I managed to tip a roast duck down a woman's cleavage and serve a toddler neat vodka. It all ended when I had a row about immigration with a customer...
The Wage and Hour Division WHD of the United States Department of Labor DOL is responsible for administering and enforcing federal laws that set basic labor standards. Field sanitation standards are reviewed hereto remind mushroom growers that it is their responsibility to provide safe and healthy working conditions for employees....
