Fairmont Chateau Whistler paying back $85K in tips owed to banquet staff

By Brandon Barrett
Hotel withheld 20% of tips to subsidize management’s wages, says UFCW Local 1518

The Fairmont Chateau Whistler has agreed to pay back $85,000 in tips owed to banquet staff following complaints filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518, according to a union release. Banquet staff reportedly contacted the UFCW in 2018 after hotel management introduced a new tipping structure in which guest gratuities were withheld and used to subsidize management’s wages, a contravention of the B.C. Employment Standards Act.…

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January 29, 2020

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