if the boss under pay our wages, what can we do?
2007-02-11 12:02:38 · 9 answers · asked by Louise N 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
This one's a bummer, eh? Your boss pays you whatever. Mug punters slap 10% onto their credit card payment. You get sod all.
Not much you can do. I always tip waiting staff with cash if the service is good.
2007-02-11 12:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forget about the service charge for a minute and pay attention to this. If you're more worried about tips than your guests' (customers') dining experience, you're in the wrong industry.
Your guests decided to trade their time (which is a finite resource) and hard earned money to come and have a meal at the restaurant you work (your opportunity to earn money). Take care of your guests. They feed you. They PAY your wages. They PAY for your bread and butter.
The service charge belong to those who made it possible for the guest to have a GREAT experience. Even the Kitchen Porter who make sure there are clean pots and pans.
If you are underpaid. Do your homework to make sure you are paid correctly. Then approach your boss and discuss the matter with him. If there are no resolution after that, then look at an alternative place of work or fight the battle legally.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Good luck
2007-02-11 14:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Skip formalities. Ask for Jack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a question you should have had explained to you when you took the job. The more common practice is for the service charge to be put in to a central pool, called a "tronc", and shared out weekly or monthly to all the staff. This method ensures that the workers behind the scenes i.e. the chefs also benefit from the service charge.
2007-02-11 12:15:46 · answer #3 · answered by Peter Bro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don;t believe in service charge because it takes away my right as a customer to reward good service i find staff are less cautious when all there hard work goes into someone Else's pocket
do you have to pay a service charge or can you give a tip to who ever you want
2007-02-11 12:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by top cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
service charge should go to staff.when i worked in kitchens it was paid out monthly.every one from head chef to kitchen porters were given allowed a share of tips.waiters and cleaning staff needed this as their wages were so poor.
2007-02-11 12:16:41 · answer #5 · answered by happy chappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.K.
If the boss underpays your wages, he's in breach of contract and you can sue him for the difference.
If he's the troncmaster, he's also legally responsible for the correct payment of tips, subject to PAYE etc.
2007-02-12 10:01:54 · answer #6 · answered by Do not trust low score answerers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your contract.
If you stipulated that you would get 10% of what you serve then he owes you.
It sounds to me that you are a foreigner who does not know your rights. Do you know there is a minimum wage by law in Britain
2007-02-11 12:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Boscombe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the boss is you want it to go to the staff give it directly to the staff.
2007-02-11 12:14:40 · answer #8 · answered by stormwrecked 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the staff, not boss.
2007-02-11 12:05:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋