Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

[F1 PART 2B U.K. TIPS, GRATUITIES AND SERVICE CHARGES]

Textual Amendments

F1 Part 2B inserted (31.7.2023 for specified purposes) by Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), ss. 1, 14(2); S.I. 2023/876, reg. 3(a)

[F2 General U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 27U-27Y and cross-heading inserted (31.7.2023 for specified purposes) by Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), ss. 10, 14(2); S.I. 2023/876, reg. 3(c)

27V Relationship with contractual rights U.K.

(1) An entitlement of a worker to be allocated qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges under this Part does not affect any contractual right of the worker to receive an amount representing qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges under a contract of employment (“contractual tips”).

(2) But—

(a) any contractual tips paid to a worker by an employer of that worker in respect of any period are to go towards discharging any liability of that employer to allocate qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges to that worker in respect of that period under this Part, and

(b) any qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges allocated by an employer to a worker under this Part in respect of any period are to go towards discharging any liability of that employer to pay contractual tips to that worker in respect of that period.]