Staff at The Ivy Collection restaurant group say they are losing out after the company cut their share of the service charge paid by diners.
After the legal minimum wage rose in April, some workers claimed that change to their service charge allocation had wiped out any benefit they should have seen from the wage increase in the minimum wage.
According to The Guardian, the group controlled by Troia (UK) Restaurants, which operates nearly 40 restaurants in the UK and Ireland, pay all waiters, chefs, some managers and support staff the legal minimum wage of £10.42 for over-23s plus an hourly “commission” rate graded to their position and location.
A spokesperson for Troia (UK) Restaurants Ltd according to filings at Companies House, said: “Every single member of our staff is guaranteed to be paid above the national minimum wage and all cash or credit card tips are kept directly by the member or members of the team who received the tip.”
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