UK Readers Debate Impact of US-Style Tipping Culture on Restaurant Workers

Fair pay, service charges and the pressure to tip | Letters

Readers react to an article by Emine Saner about the arrival of US-style tipping culture in British restaurants and bars Articles comparing tipping culture in the UK to that in the US (‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos, 24 August) do not go into the complication of minimum wage calculation in the US. There, wait staff are paid a low base rate, but employers must ensure their earnings are topped up to at least the minimum wage through tips...

By Guardian Staff