A 5% 'Employee Health Fee' On Restaurant Bill

[AugieTN]

A 5% Employee Health Insurance Fee. This is started to become a lot more common.

Woman Complains After She Was Charged A 5% 'Employee Health Fee' On Restaurant Bill In Addition To Her Tip

 

[olbriar]

That charge should be included in the price of the meal. Why not put a cleaning fee or a plumbing fee or electric fee. I'd not be back to any restaurant that had an added fee beyond the price of the meal. That's extortion and I'm sure it would be quickly taken off the bill if properly disputed.

 

[PitCarver]

It's simply the restaurant trying to circumvent the taxes placed by the government. It's definitely not the customer's responsibility to provide benefits to them.

 

[Dannydet]

I'd never eat there again.

 

[ocnbrze]

the only way to stop these kinds of practices is to avoid going to these places. if their numbers drop because of such fees, you can be sure that these practices will stop.

 

[olbriar]

I understand that the expense of being in business must be satisfied by the customer base. However, I should not be expected to pay more than the menu item's price unless the gouge is clearly represented prior to ordering. That is the price I agreed to pay for the meal and service. It is a contract.

 

[AugieTN]

One of the things that really bothers me about restaurant wages is, if tips don't bring the employee up to the minimum wage, the employer is suppose to pay the employee the difference. I'm sure if an employee did that, they wouldn't get any more hours.

 

[treb1797]

Wife and I just ate lunch in Nashville. The restaurant charged a 3% convenience fee for using a credit card.

 

[olbriar]

At least the cost of using plastic was passed onto the consumer using the card. I always pay cash and more often than not pay that fee with my bill though there was no expense for the merchant to satisfy.

 

[treb1797]

Paying cash for stuff these days doesn't make sense with the rewards credit cards out there. Seriously, there is so much free money out there as long as you pay your credit card bill off in full every month which we do. My wife uses her Hilton Amex for everything. We were in Hawaii this summer for 8 days. We didn't pay a dime for the room because of points. It would have cost us $4,800.00 if we had to actually pay for it. This weekend we stayed at a 5 star hotel in Nashville ( https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/bnaleci-conrad-nashville/?SEO_id=GMB-AMER-CN-BNALECI&y_source=1_Mjc3MjkzMTgtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU= ) didn't pay a dime for that room either. I use a Bank of America cash rewards card. Every month the money I earn back goes straight in a savings account there, I have around we 20k in it, all free money.

 

[The_Chief]

Yep: we have ONE credit card; buy almost everything with it; and pay off the balance every month. We earn 2% cash back on all of it and have never paid a penny in interest. Credit card companies hate people like us and call us "deadbeats" because we cost them money instead of making them money. Kudos to Mr. & Mrs. @treb1797

 

[treb1797]

I'm at my podiatrist and he just implemented a 4% fee on credit cards

 

[The_Chief]

Does your podiatrist have a tip jar yet?

 

[treb1797]

Does your podiatrist have a tip jar yet?

It's funny because that's exactly what I said when I saw the new posting on the checkout window 🤣