Restaurant Tip Ban: NYC Sushi Restaurant Pays Staff Salary

A Japanese restaurant in New York City placed a ban on tipping and instead, its owners have opted to pay workers a salary with paid vacation and sick leave.

Sushi Yasuda co-founder Scott Rosenberg said that when customers realize they don’t have to pay a tip, they are usually pleased.

“One [young guy] said, ‘I’m going to eat 20 percent more sushi,” Rosenberg told ABC News.

“The diner doesn’t [have to] think about how much to leave and make calculations [after] a contemplative and special meal,” he said, adding that taking tips out of the equation enhances the customer’s experience.

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“We definitely feel there shouldn’t be a separate system where tip workers rely on tips to subsidize their wages,” Chung said. “Workers should be fully compensated.”

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