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National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Paul Gavan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 21 Mar 2017
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to protect service sector employees' right to receive customer tips and gratuities.
- Ensures tips paid by customers reach employees rather than being retained by employers or deducted from wages.
- Bill lapsed before completion; specific enforcement mechanisms and penalties not yet enacted into law.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage25th Seanad21 Mar 2017
- Second Stage25th Seanad21 Mar 2017
- Committee Stage25th Seanad24 Jan 2018
- Report Stage25th Seanad20 Feb 2019
- Fifth Stage25th Seanad12 Jun 2019
- Second Stage32nd Dáil12 Jun 2019
Debates
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