Mason & Mason , the queen ’s grocer , has asked staff at its Heathrow branch to accept a reduction in basic pay in exchange for a share of tips . The “ tronc ” system would see an undisclosed proportion of the 12.5 % tips charge automatically added to bills , which is not presently distributed to staff , shared between them . It adds that a “boutique London hotel” it worked with, which was generating between £8,000 and £10,000 a month in service charges and tips paid on cards, had saved £16,500 in employer’s national insurance. Documents seen by The Guardian indicate that staff would receive an 11 % reduction in basic pay . The changes would reduce workers ’ national insurance ( NI ) payments , but would also cut the company ’s own tips bill . The company has already introduced the changes for 250 staff .
Mason & Mason , the queen ’s grocer , has asked staff at its Heathrow branch to accept a reduction in basic pay in exchange for a share of tips . The “ tronc ” system would see an undisclosed proportion of the 12.5 % tips charge automatically added to bills , which is not presently distributed to staff , shared between them . Documents seen by The Guardian indicate that staff would receive an 11 % reduction in basic pay . The changes would reduce workers ’ national insurance ( NI ) payments , but would also cut the company ’s own tips bill . The company has already introduced the changes for 250 staff .