Tipping is a financial reward that is generally given as a thank you for good service or for a product consumed. In countries such as Colombia, the United States, Mexico, among others, it is customary to tip in bars and restaurants.
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However, this is a culture that does not occur in 3 countries, such as China, Japan and Denmarkand that if they are offered out of ignorance, the person receiving them could take the gesture as a “lack of respect.”
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In the case of Denmark, a Scandinavian country located in the upper part of Europe, the cost of the service is included in the sales invoice, so tipping would be redundant, explains the AS portal.
In Japan and China, however, these types of gestures of gratitude have a different meaning for them, since they see them as an act of superiority on the part of the person who pays the money, which puts the person who receives it on an implicit level of submission.
What is the law that regulates tips in Colombia?
Law 1935, issued by the Congress of the Republic in 2018, regulates “the nature and destination of tips in Colombia,” which applies to “all commercial establishments dedicated to the provision of food, beverage and/or public entertainment services, and any other establishment in which tipping is suggested or where there is room for it when the customer so determines.”
“A tip is understood as the monetary recognition that the consumer voluntarily gives to the people who are part of the service chain in the commercial establishments referred to in article 1 of this law, for the good service and product received and independent of the registered sales value,” says article two of said law.
Paragraph 1 of Article 3 states that “In no case may the tip exceed 10% of the value of the service provided, when it is suggested by the commercial establishment and included in the invoice with the consumer’s acceptance.”
“The income received by workers in the establishments covered by this law as tips does not constitute salary and, therefore, in no case can it be considered as a salary factor, in accordance with article 131 of the Substantive Labor Code,” the law states.
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