NegrilJail,
The gardener is already paid to garden, the bartender to tend bar, the waitstaff to serve, the janitor paid to clean, the chef paid to cook, etc... The business already pays them for those services. The government does not pay them, the business does. The government does not pretend to pay them, the business pays them. Jamaicans dont pretend to work, they work. If they dont, they are fired and replaced. I really cannot see the logic in your statement. At best it is comparing apples and oranges.
Your service charge does not pay their wages. They already receive a wage. The service charge is a fee the business collects that is shared and is above and beyond the hourly employee wages. The government does not touch the service charge. If the business adds a service charge, the government allows the business to do so as long as it is implemented in accordance to the law.
The service charge was implemented so that all the employees from the business get to share in a partial tip since they are all responsible for making that experience happen. This can actually be an incentive for all the employees since they can all feel that their work is appreciated above and beyond their normal wage. The individual tip that you give your bartender, waiter or housekeeper is theirs to keep without sharing.
I do not see how that is in any way, shape or form like the former Soviet Union.
