Workers in British Columbia's service industry are welcoming a new piece of legislation that will prohibit employers from taking a share — or all — of the tips left by customers. He's a bartender in Victoria who has spent more than half his life in the service industry. "As anybody working in the restaurant industry knows, it's low-wage work and it's precarious work, it's part-time work," said Nordal. Tip pooling will still be permitted, and employers can continue managing those tip pools to distribute the money among staff, but cannot deduct or withhold tips. Nordal said his group was pushing for the law to dictate that tip pools have to be managed by staff, but the B.C.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2019 12:00 UTC