Christmas bonus for kitchen staff as restaurateur makes up for sub-minimum wage pay, saying it was not intentional
The former MasterChef host Michel Roux Jr has begun reimbursing staff who were paid less than the legal minimum wage at his £212-a-head Mayfair restaurant.
Current and former chefs at Le Gavroche are in line for payments running to thousands of pounds each after a Guardian investigation last month exposed Roux for paying kitchen staff, who worked up to 68 hours a week, as little as £5.50 an hour. The wages worked out at well below the £7.20 legal minimum for people aged over 24.
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Never touched tips in my life, every penny goes to staff without anything withheld. All SC goes to wages, not a penny creamed off either
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