Rejected petition: Stop restaurants and bars from adding service charges themselves
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Automatically imposed service charges turn a good experience into an awkward one. Tipping should be the customer’s choice, not assumed. The UK is not the US: we have strong minimum wage and employment laws to protect service workers without mandatory charges
I want the government to make it illegal for bars and restaurants to add service charges themselves.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Ban default service charges and pre-set digital tip screens in hospitality" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764909
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