They're talking about tipping and service charges in restaurants on #BBC Breakfast. Whether people are for or against and whether it might be mandatory.
No one has asked or mentioned why restaurants don't add the service charge to the prices of their meals so they do have to add on extra fees to the bill?
It's curious why they don't just do that and I think there's probably some kind of loophole or profiting thing the owners benefit from by having the charge separate.
Caveat Emptor...
I recently crossed a toll bridge in a rental car, paying with the car's E-ZPass. Just got the bill:
Bridge Toll: $7
Rental Car Co. Service charge: $4.95
Total: $11.95
A 70% commission on a toll seems steep, especially since the $7 covers actually *building* the bridge.
*Note: There was no cash lane available. Had no choice but to use the rental E-ZPass.
Outrage as residents in #England’s ‘#AffordableHousing' forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in #ServiceCharge -
Pressure on #MichaelGove to act as householders see bills rise 40%, with many saying that they cannot afford to pay
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/30/outrage-as-residents-in-englands-affordable-housing-forced-to-pay-thousands-of-pounds-extra-in-service-charge
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Housing #Rentiers
Barun Jolly, Senior Vice President of Robinsons Hotels & Resorts (RHR) said, “Of course we will implement [the new rules] in the right spirit and make sure that all the listed beneficiaries get the service charge.” #servicecharge
#ServiceChargeLaw #hospitality #hotels #travel #tourism #Philippines
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/03/16/major-hotel-chains-back-new-service-charge-rules/
A NUMBER of major hospitality establishments are committed to implementing the new rules that expand the distribution of service charges to casual, contractual, and agency-hired employees. They added that they would find other ways to retain their efficient regular employees despite the lowering of their take-home pay, as more non-regular…
Atty. Chel Diokno: Hotels, restaurants, and similar establishments cannot just decide to remove all service charges–doing so would violate the principle of non-diminution of benefits. It is a basic rule that any benefit enjoyed by the employees cannot be reduced or discontinued by the employer. #ServiceChargeLaw #DOLE #ServiceCharge #labor #hotels #hospitality #restaurants #travel #tourism #Philippines
HOTELS and restaurants violate Republic Act 11360, the Service Charge Law, if they remove the levy from their guests’ bills. In an email, Atty. Jose Manuel “Chel” I. Diokno, chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group and founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law, told the…
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry of 2021, there were 272,194 workers employed by the restaurants and food kiosks. #ServiceChargeLaw #ServiceCharge #restaurants #hotels #hospitality #tourism #foodtourism #travel #Philippines
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/03/09/restos-not-affected-by-new-rules-on-service-charge-law/
MANY local restaurants are chill about the expanded coverage rules on the Service Charge law, as they mostly have regular employees, not contractuals. However, a few of them may also stop collecting service charge (SC) and instead give their employees a share of the restaurant sales, like a commission. There…
In a meeting between Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and industry stakeholders on February 9, “The stakeholders stated that the sharing of the SC among contractual/casual employees is estimated to result in a 30 to 40 percent reduction in regular employees’ take-home pay.” #servicecharge #hospitality #hotels #travel #tourism #Philippines
A LARGE number of hospitality establishments are opposed to the new rules issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which now require hotels, restaurants and similar establishments to distribute service charges (SC) they’ve collected to even casual or contractual employees, non-regular and agency workers. In a Viber message…
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