First UK strike action over restaurant tips looms at TGI Friday's

Staff to be balloted over chain's plan to give service charge cash to kitchen staff in lieu of pay rise

TGI Friday's is facing the first strike over tips in the UK in an escalation of a row between waiters and the restaurant chain.

In February the casual dining chain, which has 83 outlets, proposed redistributing 40% of service charge payments paid on credit and debit cards to back-of-house employees, including kitchen staff, in lieu of a wage increase.