Are you prepared?

Get your salon ready for the UK’s new tipping laws

Here’s what you need to know

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act is expected to come into effect in October 2024.

The legislation applies to ’employer-received’ tips
– i.e. tips paid by card.

According to the legislation, employers must:

  1. Fairly allocate 100% of tips to employees
  2. Ensure appropriate taxes are paid on tips 
  3. Pay out all employee tips within one month
  4. Have a written tipping policy
  5. Maintain tipping records for three years

Employees can complain to the employment tribunal if you have not complied with the Act

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Phorest is one step ahead to support you

Introducing… PhorestTips

Phorest makes things easier by sending each employee their tips straight to their bank account, so they are not ‘employer-received’. Stylists and therapists get their tips into their account instantly, at no cost to the business. 

A Win-Win for Clients, Business Owners & Your Team

5 Reasons You’ll Love PhorestTips

Here’s how PhorestTips compares to tipping apps.

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EasyTIp

TipJar

StrikePay

Built specifically for the industry

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Pay & tip in a single, seamless transaction

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No QR code chaos for your clients

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Automatically and fairly split tips between multiple service providers

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Set-up fee

Free

£0

£99

£0

Monthly fee

No additional

£20

£60

£1.95
per employee

Transaction fees
(paid by the tipping customer)

5%

3.3%

6.5% + 20p

Up to
6% + 86p


PhorestTips is an ideal tipping solution for salon teams of all kinds,
including those that have self-employed stylists or therapists.

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Calculate your monthly savings with PhorestTips

See how PhorestTips compares to your other options for remaining compliant.

Use the slider to input the total monthly tips taken across your employee base*.

£500

Paid by client via

Standard card

Standard card

PhorestPay card

Cash

Paid to employee via

Payroll

Tronc scheme

PhorestTips

Cash***

Employer taxes & fees

£13.80
£100**
none
none

Employee taxes

£32.00
£20.00
£20.00
£20.00

Retained tips

£68
£80
£80
£80


* This example assumes the employee is a basic rate tax payer – i.e. earning between £12,750 and £50,270 per year
**This is an estimate – Tronc scheme fees can vary based on salon size and intricacies of the agreement
***Does not cover tip jar / pooled tips, as these would be considered ’employer-controlled’ so fall under the tipping legislation


one transaction. 100% compliant
skip the cash and qr code confusion

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