Maryland bill would do away with automatic restaurant tips
Maryland restaurants would face a fine of up to $5,000 for adding an automatic tip onto checks for parties of fewer than 10 people under a bill introduced in the General Assembly.
The bill’s sponsor, Del. Cheryl Glenn, said she’s not opposed to tipping for good service. But the Baltimore City Democrat decided to sponsor the bill after several meals in which the service wasn’t up to par and the restaurant tacked on a tip, anyway. In some cases the restaurants added a tip for groups well below 10 people, she said.
“I think it’s a consumer protection issue,” Glenn said of House Bill 1339, under which restaurants would get a warning for a first offense, a fine of up to $500 for a second violation and a fine of up to $5,000 for a third or subsequent infraction.
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