Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion
Mr. Tim Fenn:
If I may respond, insofar as there is a contractual arrangement between an employee and an employer, that should be the core issue for discussion today. The employee is retained to provide a service on the basis of the products, etc., that the employer provides. The employer pays the employee to provide the service. Separate from that, the employer charges the customer and uses that money to do whatever he or she does, and also to pay the employee. The confusion here is that there is some additional money available for tips and gratuities. The tips and gratuities, as mentioned, are not handled in employment law. We welcome a Bill that clarifies the process in which all 100% of that money should definitely go to the staff.
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