Unfortunately though the dimmer remembers the last setting and so when a guest hits the up on the paddle to turn the light on it goes up to that % it was last set at and then Pleg turns it off so it makes it look like the dimmer on is broken and you have to hold it up to get the full function to work again. So... right sentiment... not so right in actual practice.
I can't vouch for your specific dimmers, but my Fibaro dimmers have a setting where I can control 1) Remembering the last dim level, or 2) Forcing a specific brightness each time they are turned on.
For a couple of mine I have them forcing 99% - both of them are typically turned on manually and needed at 99%, but for various circumstances their brightness will be automatically changed (eg my living room lights will automatically dim when we turn off our dining table light AND its evening, the vanity light near my kids rooms will automatically come on at 1% when we go to bed and turn off at sunrise... both are back to 99% when manually turned off and on or are turned on fresh). The others I have retaining their prior brightness level, as they automatically come on via motion sensor association - I still auto-control the brightness as necessary, but the lights always stay at that brightness until I say otherwise.
If you don't have a setting for that then, as
ember1205 suggested, just add in an extra step in your logic to bump up the brightness. I do similar with my auto-brightness controls for the sensor controlled lights... whenever I auto-change the brightness I then have to send an off command, as changing the brightness unfortunately also causes them to turn on.
Alternatively don't even turn them off.... just set 5% or lower to instantly jump back to 99%. Thus it's never possible to get to an "off" brightness, it just loops back to full brightness. Thus they'll then turn them off manually (and/or a timeout so if the lights are left on more than x hours they auto-turn off).
Disclaimer - I should add that my setup above DID work well until my Vera completely shat itself two weeks ago, so I'm talking theoretical as my home is pretty well screwed and all this stuff goes batsh#t