Employment Rights Act 1996

[F127LDetermination of complaints about tips etcU.K.

(1)If an employment tribunal finds a complaint under section 27K well founded—

(a)it must make a declaration to that effect, and

(b)it may—

(i)in the case of a complaint under section 27K(1), make an order requiring the employer to deal with qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges that were paid at, or were otherwise attributable to, a place of business of the employer in accordance with this Part;

(ii)in the case of a complaint under section 27K(2), make an order requiring the agent to make a payment to the eligible agency worker of the amount that the agent was required under section 27H to pay to the eligible agency worker.

(2)An order made under subsection (1)(b)(i) may in particular—

(a)require the employer to revise an allocation made by the employer under section 27D;

(b)make a recommendation to the employer regarding that allocation;

(c)require the employer to make a payment to one or more workers of the employer in accordance with this Part (including a worker who is not the complainant).

(3)A recommendation made under subsection (2)(b) is not binding on an employer, but is to be admissible in evidence in proceedings before an employment tribunal; and any provision of the recommendation which appears to the tribunal to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings is to be taken into account in determining that question.

(4)An order made under subsection (1)(b)(i) following a complaint presented by a worker does not prevent a different worker from presenting a complaint under this Part in relation to the same employer or the same qualifying tips, gratuities and service charges.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 27K-27M and cross-heading inserted (31.7.2023 for specified purposes) by Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), ss. 7, 14(2); S.I. 2023/876, reg. 3(a)