MONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
MONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
Quebec tabled a bill on Thursday that would regulate how merchants determine suggested tips, forcing businesses to calculate them based on the price before tax. Even though Dougall-Picard makes the bulk of her earnings from tips, she thinks the province's proposed calculation system may actually prod patrons to be more generous.
“It's never been actually a law to tip to a server, and I've been a server for a while, … serving in a lot of restaurants before this one too, and it's always been hard that our minimum wage is very low,” he said.Further down the street, Marc-Antoine Bourdages, who manages the resto-bar Brasseurs du Monde, says he is okay with the change.
Martin Vézina, vice-president of public affairs at the Quebec Restaurant Association, says the change will leave dining room staff with fewer dollars in their pockets but won't have a significant impact on the industry at large.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requestsMONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
Read more »
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requestsMONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
Read more »
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requestsMONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
Read more »
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requestsMONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
Read more »
Quebec to limit temporary foreign workers in Montreal with six-month freezeQuebec is implementing a six-month freeze on the intake of new temporary foreign workers for low-wage jobs in Montreal starting in September, the province's premier said Tuesday.
Read more »
After furor from locals, Quebec open to moving services from Montreal drug-use siteQUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it wants to meet the demands of Montrealers fed up with a housing project in the city's southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental health issues.
Read more »