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Why have a service fee at all then?
Just raise the prices and use the extra income to pay the employees better if that's really your intention.
People won't get upset about the tip on top of it if you don't already have a "service charge" sectioned off in the receipt.
It's so that they can deceitfully advertise prices which are lower than the real price.
I believe this is totally illegal in the EU (because they're obligated to list prices and all charges, fully, upfront and that even includes taxes) but I guess that in the US there are States were it's either not illegal or has never been challenge in court.
I had a service charge like that added in Rome once. It is most likely illegal, but Rome is a pretty lawless place as it is where everybody tries to scam you all the time, so I didn't bother spending time arguing it and getting all worked up about a couple of euros during my holiday, just avoided the place thereafter. I know that's probably what they're counting on ...
In my country (in the EU) usually if a service charge is added on top of the order, it's because that particular place doesn't accept tips.
That would be illegal in the EU country where I live (Belgium). Here the rule is that the advertised price must always include any mandatory charges, like VAT and service charges, so that advertised price = price the consumer would have to pay.
Source: https://economie.fgov.be/nl/themas/verkoop/prijsbeleid/prijsaanduiding
Translation:
Further evidence that America isn't a legal country.