Interesting move here, and one I support.
Restaurant Richmond Station is moving (immediately) to a no-tipping model.
They've raised menu prices by 18% on average and replaced all the income wait staff or tipped kitchen staff used to earn through tips with either salary for F/T 'ers or higher hourly wages for P/T earners.
They noted a need to do this, in part, because in the midst of Covid; employment insurance reimbursed only salaried and hourly wages, not tips.
So it was an even more severe hit for laid off staff than would otherwise be the case.
They also observed (or implied) that there was unfair variation in tips between women and men and between wait staff w/different ethnicities.
As of now, those people all earn the same income relative to each other.
I think that's a great move, and I applaud it.
The owners of a Toronto restaurant have decided there will be no tipping allowed at Richmond Station. The Financial District restaurant known for i...
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