The government has decided that the hotel and restaurant industry can impose service charge as practised previously, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) secretary-general Alias Ahmad.

However, he said only hotels or restaurants with collective agreements (CA) with workers unions or as provided for under the workers' contract can impose the charge.   

"They are required to display a notice that service charge is imposed at their premises for consumers to decide whether they wanted to partonise the outlet.

"KPDNKK will be issuing a standard notice to be adopted by these premises but for the time being, such premises could put up their own notices," he told a media conference on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Putrajaya today.

According to him, the matter was among the agreements reached in a joint meeting of government departments, unions of hotel and restaurant, workers and consumer associations on Monday.

- Bernama