Girlfriend's job is taking the piss

[5v3d3b0]

Okay so my girlfriend is working weekends in a restaurants, been there for maybe 2 months now.
The other day a couple of girls had a meal for 60 quid and didn't pay for it. My girlfriend had to pay half of the bill out of her tips, which is questionable for a start.
Then today when she got in they told her she HAS to work tomorrow, bank holiday. At a standard rate, no extra pay or anything.
Am I the only one who thinks it's completely unacceptable to force someone to work a bank holiday with less than 24 hours notice? She's been there such a short time that she doesn't dare say anything but I think they're taking advantage of her cause it's not the first time she's been made to work a day that's not in her standard shifts, and the last time I'm pretty sure they told her the day before as well.

Maybe I'm overreacting cause we were meant to go out for dinner tomorrow and now we can't do shit

[CaNsA]

Plenty of other restaurants that need staff.

[Rogue_Shadow]

Put up with it while looking for another job
In the mean time, promise to cover the next bank holiday & any other days they want.

Then leave


Why treat your staff like shit, I never understood this

[lihp]

So you're complaining that your girlfriend is working in an industry in which the busy periods are when you wish to socialise?

Also, it is common to charge waiting staff if they allow people to walk out without paying.

[covent.gardens]

She should get another job lined up, then fuck them off with zero notice as soon as she can.

I'm pretty sure they can require her to work bank holidays, but not giving notice is a shitty thing to do, and the illegal wage deduction is just bs.

[J4mes]

[-Matt-]

[covent.gardens]

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/pay-deductions

Agreeing to a deduction
If you have agreed in writing to a deduction then you must do this before your employer wishes to make the deduction.

For example, if you work in a restaurant and a customer leaves without paying, you must have a written, pre-standing agreement with your employer that any deductions can be made from your pay.

Your employer could ask you to sign a deductions agreement after that event, but they could not deduct any money unless it happened again. If your contract allows your employer to make wage deductions, you must have been given either:

a written copy of that part of the contract
a written explanation of it before your employer can make any deductions

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If they didn't comply with that then the deduction is illegal. Even if they did it's still a completely shit employer, expecting busy staff to somehow stop a customer from escaping when that customer has the benefit of being able to wait and wait until the perfect moment (when the waiter/waitress is dealing with another customer for example) to leave.

[5v3d3b0]

I guess she could find a job somewhere else, but this restaurant is literally a 5 min walk from where she lives and she's busy as it is without spending more time traveling. Also there is quite a lot of crime around where she lives so if she worked the same hours further away it would have to be a taxi home at least (or if not just me being worried sick every single weekend if she's stingy).
I can put up with her working weekends and she can clearly put up with it too, it's just a shame they have to push it like that cause other than that she's quite happy working there.
I'll tell her to get a copy of her contract so I can have a look

[Pie-Roe]

Out of tips means it is not a deduction from pay. Half the bill seems fair, if the circumstances are anything but completely abnormal.
It will likely be written in her contract about periods of business and likelyhood of her working. A lot of places don't offer incentives, it's how the industry works.
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[Easter Bunny]

The next time someone pays in cash (about £60) I'd pocket the money and say they did a runner quite happily stumping up half the money.


Then she'll be even before handing in her notice!
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[fatpies]

This is Britain, you have no rights.

What do you think this is China?*


*I'm not kidding workers in China have MORE rights than British workers

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[daemonoid]

[Irn-Bru]

Don't they get paid about £2 an hour in the land of the free? That's why they make such a huge deal about tipping there.

I never knew the waiting staff were responsible if people left without paying, that's pretty shocking, as if the job isn't bad enough you have to be a security guard as well.
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[ScaredyCat]

[lihp]

[fatpies]

[MarJay]

[Rogerborg]

[smegballs]

[Lord Percy]

[5v3d3b0]

It's not like she forgot to ask them for money, they left when she was busy taking orders from a table of 12 obnoxious 20 year olds
I guess before it's ever happened you wouldn't be that cautious of it and not really think about it. Bet she'll be looking out now!

[nick606]

[lihp]

[J4mes]

It's not even remotely the same you bloody penis!!