Cafe Worker Wins £20,000 After Being Forced to Work with the Door Open in Winter   A cheesecake cafe worker has won over £20,000 at an employment tribunal after raising concerns that working with the door open made her uncomfortably cold. The woman, employed at Whipped in Covent Garden, London, claimed her managers insisted on keeping the […]

Over a million people are currently employed on zero-hours contracts, with a significant proportion working in the hospitality sector. It is estimated that 31-32% of the hospitality workforce is on zero-hours contracts, meaning that a third of people working in hospitality have little or no job security and lack guaranteed income. Zero-hours contracts are therefore […]

The upmarket Ivy chain of restaurants is once again facing allegations of stealing staff tips. A former employee has lodged a claim for constructive dismissal with an employment tribunal. The waiter resigned from the Ivy in June after being denied information regarding how the restaurant chain calculated his share of tips and service charges, which […]

CRISIS AFTER CRISIS No-one will doubt that Higher Education is undergoing one of its historic, but it has to be acknowledged, repeated crises. With a drop in international students by some 16% and with approximately 40% of HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) thought to be likely to go into deficit in 2025-2026, university management teams are […]