Originally Posted by
cfischer
Does your regular bar or restaurant have a 'tip expected' listed somewhere? Or any other US-based service business? They don't and thus it is not enforceable, like leaving a restaurant w/o leaving a tip ... the server may run after you, but legally? Anyway ... same thing here.
A lot of restaurants in major cities in the US have a mandatory auto gratuity for any party size, not just large groups. And many also charge a miscellaneous percentage fee for “helping employee benefits”. In California these are legal under Senate Bill 1524.