Is it legal in UK for a restaurant to keep a part of the tips for the day?

Question

let's say on a night the restaurant makes 100 in tips; 9 people worked that night. instead of dividing the tips by 9 they divide them by 10 (1 being the restaurant) so everyone of the people that work get less. IS IT LEGAL?

Answer 1

not only is it legal, but the tips can be a proportion of the minimum wage ruling.ie if minimun wage is £5 ph and you work for 4 hours and your share of the tips over that period was £10. Then you are only legally entitled to £10 wages and £10 tips =£20 over 4 hrs = minimum wage (i know minimun wage is not £5pph but simplified things) I think it stinksby the way.

Answer 2

YES ITS LEGAL AND TIPS ARE ALREADY ADDED  TO YOUR BILL AS A SERVICE CHARGE AT 25%