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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Barrie

Gaucho: Steakhouse chain cuts waiters' service charge to bump up head office pay

One of London’s biggest restaurant groups is to cut waiters’ tips and use some of the funds to increase the pay of head office workers.

A letter to workers first seen by the Guardian explains that waiting staff will receive between 25.45 and 29.4 per cent of the service charge collected at tables they have served, down from 37 per cent previously.

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