New Clause 1
Employment Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Martin Caton (Gower, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss New clause 7—National minimum wage: gratuities—
‘In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39), in section (2) (determination of hourly rate of remuneration), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A) The regulations shall make provisions with respect to employees in service industries, to provide that gratuities paid to them in the course of their employment shall not be included in the calculation of the national minimum wage to be paid to them.”.’.