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Danny Meyer set to eliminate tipping

 By Peter Romeo on Oct. 14, 2015

Under a new program called Hospitality Included, all 13 of Union Square Hospitality Group’s full-service restaurants will adopt a new compensation system.

Operations

Tip pooling gets an OK from DOL

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 04, 2017

The Trump administration has proposed the practice be allowed again as a way of equalizing front- and back-of-house pay, a reversal of the 2011 prohibition.

New Yorkers want to keep tipping, study finds

By Bianca N. Herron on Nov. 04, 2015

Here’s why they think eliminating tipping is a bad idea.

Workforce

Tip pooling plan runs into a buzzsaw of public outrage

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 05, 2018

Public comments on a proposal to allow tips to be shared with back-of-house staff have been plentiful and negative. There are also allegations the Department of Labor hid a damning projection of the rule change's impact on servers' income.

David Chang tries no tipping

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 12, 2016

The restaurateur says he wants to pay staff at his new Momofuku Nishi concept a “living wage.”

Operations

Congress slips a tip safeguard into omnibus spending bill

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 22, 2018

The measure expressly prohibits employers from keeping tips when sharing gratuities with back-of-house staff.

No-tipping is about to be put to a test—at $595 a head

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 02, 2016

A price increase of $145 will reveal if customers can understand that a higher charge doesn’t necessarily mean spending more.

Workforce

This week’s 4 head-spinning moments: Labor troubles

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 26, 2018

As if supply and demand weren’t enough of a labor problem for restaurants, along comes a pummeling from unions and their fellow travelers, including the vote by a Burgerville unit's staff to unionize.

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