> Aside from its potential impact on employee retention, the ban on restaurant surcharges would force him to increase menu prices, he said, which would negative

> Aside from its potential impact on employee retention, the ban on restaurant surcharges would force him to increase menu prices, he said, which would negatively impact business. I don't follow this reasoning. You move x dollars from one line to another on the receipt, but the customer still pays the same amount. I could understand if your competitors were able to hide the true price from the menu and you couldn't, but the law levels the playing field for everyone. As for employee retention, nothing is stopping you from compensating a portion of the sales. That would be the same as tipping out from a mandatory service charge, only it would happen internally instead of on the customer's receipt.