Arguments against mandatory tipping include higher food price at the restaurant to make up for wages and loss of control of dining experience.
[citation needed] Restaurant customers who pay the food portion of their bill but not the mandatory gratuity have at times been arrested, but charges are generally dropped.
[8][9] Some cruise lines charge their patrons $10/day in mandatory tipping; this does not include extra gratuities for alcoholic beverages.
Another paper by Yoram Margalioth of Tel Aviv University argued that there was a negative externality associated with tipping, and that the practice facilitated tax evasion.
[17] Pursuant to the definitions laid out in Article L3244-1 of Chapter IV (which pertains to tips) of the French labour code, the law (specifically, Article 5 of Law 2021-1900), passed on December 30, 2021, overrides earlier guidance from the Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty on fees for services rendered (i.e., mandatory tips/levies), which had been summarized as being taxable.
[18] On January 24, 2022,[19] the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 was initiated by Senator Regina Doherty on behalf of the then Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar.
[20] The Bill was then passed by Seanad Éireann on June 29, 2022,[19][21] and signed by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, as the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 on July 20, 2022.