I do agree with this part "unlike their US counterparts, are legally obligated to pay their employees at least the SMIC + benefits, their prices reflect this cost" because ANY cost is ALWAYS reflected in the price, in any business... give me one example of business who do not reflect its cost in its price
and disagree with this one "so you are de-facto already paying for the service" ... No..... You are paying for the cost of the product! If you are paying for the service it is because that's the choice of the establishment to provide better salaries to its staff than just the 'SMIC" by including (and redistributing...) a service charge in it's price, service charge that appear as "service compris" at the bottom of the bill!
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