Outlines the main trends in the structure and nature of hospitalityemployment in the 1980s and draws comparisons with those of the 1970s.Highlights the implications of these…
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Outlines the main trends in the structure and nature of hospitality employment in the 1980s and draws comparisons with those of the 1970s. Highlights the implications of these trends for future employment. Foresees the growth in jobs continuing into the 1990s against a changing labour force picture, while questioning whether rising job numbers represent a real increase in employment or more jobs for fewer hours.
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Reports a pilot study of part‐time youth employment amongsixth‐formers in Greater Manchester and Cheshire which found that thevast majority of students worked in catering and…
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Reports a pilot study of part‐time youth employment among sixth‐formers in Greater Manchester and Cheshire which found that the vast majority of students worked in catering and retailing. Even though youth wages are no longer regulated by wages councils, and the recession could be expected to exert a downward pressure on pay, the pay levels found were significantly higher than the junior wages council minima that could have been expected to be in force in 1993. An overwhelming majority of the students were satisfied with their pay. For employers, the young constitute a relatively cheap and flexible labour source. Increasing numbers of students in sixth forms and higher education throughout the decade will apparently need to work, thus providing an interesting scenario for further research into youth pay and employment in the 1990s.
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In the context of a gradually ageing labour force and skillsshortages, discrimination against older workers has recently become anissue of public policy concern. Ageism is…
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In the context of a gradually ageing labour force and skills shortages, discrimination against older workers has recently become an issue of public policy concern. Ageism is arguably more pervasive in the hospitality industry than elsewhere; a recent follow‐up study confirms that hospitality organizations continue to rely heavily on younger workers and show little disposition to capitalize on the acknowledged benefits which older workers can offer. Consequently, these organizations do not appear to be well placed to manage future developments in the labour market, particularly in relation to obtaining managers.
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Looks at the 2000 Employment Research Unit Annual Conference held at the University of Cardiff in Wales on 6/7 September 2000. Spotlights the 76 or so presentations within and…
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Looks at the 2000 Employment Research Unit Annual Conference held at the University of Cardiff in Wales on 6/7 September 2000. Spotlights the 76 or so presentations within and shows that these are in many, differing, areas across management research from: retail finance; precarious jobs and decisions; methodological lessons from feminism; call centre experience and disability discrimination. These and all points east and west are covered and laid out in a simple, abstract style, including, where applicable, references, endnotes and bibliography in an easy‐to‐follow manner. Summarizes each paper and also gives conclusions where needed, in a comfortable modern format.
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The radical revision of the wages council system in the mid‐1980sin the claimed interests of increasing labour market flexibility was acontroversial measure. Against this…
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The radical revision of the wages council system in the mid‐1980s in the claimed interests of increasing labour market flexibility was a controversial measure. Against this background, a study of minimum wages and conditions and other related matters was undertaken in the hotel industry in 1989 in the North West region and among the major national companies. Findings from this study about remuneration and employment practice in regard to young workers and adults are discussed in the context of labour market developments of the 1980s in the hotel industry. Such developments include trends in employment, minimum pay and earnings. Some future issues in relation to minimum wage‐fixing are also mentioned.
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For much of their history, wages councils havefunctioned in conditions in which public policy, asexpressed in legislation, has favoured thedevelopment of voluntary collective…
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For much of their history, wages councils have functioned in conditions in which public policy, as expressed in legislation, has favoured the development of voluntary collective bargaining. Since 1979 there has been a marked change of emphasis. The effect of the legislative framework and other factors on the development of voluntary collective bargaining is discussed. Some recent research findings on wage regulation in hotels are presented and the future prospects for collective bargaining in the hotel industry are considered.
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Susan Curtis and Rosemary Lucas
Employers’ demands for cheap and flexible labour which can multi‐task, make decisions and act responsibly are being met by an increasing supply of students to the part‐time labour…
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Employers’ demands for cheap and flexible labour which can multi‐task, make decisions and act responsibly are being met by an increasing supply of students to the part‐time labour market who are having to work due to financial necessity during term‐time. This article details the results of a survey and focus group study conducted at Manchester Metropolitan University in February 1999 addressing the nature of this employment relationship. Students’ employment provides them with advantages other than money – valuable work experience, the opportunity to meet people and to take on responsibility. Employers benefit from an easily recruited workforce of intelligent, articulate young people who are numerically and functionally flexible, conscientious, accepting relatively low pay, and who are easy to control. Potential conflict is indicated as students do articulate dislikes about their work and employment conditions, yet they feel unable to challenge their employers about them.
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Rosemary Lucas and Lisa Ralston
Increasing numbers of full‐time students at school, college and university are combining study with work in marginal, flexible, low‐ paid, part‐time service jobs. The employment…
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Increasing numbers of full‐time students at school, college and university are combining study with work in marginal, flexible, low‐ paid, part‐time service jobs. The employment relationship is highly informal and the contract may simply be the product of coincidence, because the idea that employers follow a particular strategy with regard to the employment of labour, simplifies the complexities and vagaries of the labour market. Although this phenomenon is bringing more young males into the part‐time labour force, young females remain disadvantaged in regard to the substantive terms of the effort/reward exchange. These factors necessitate a rethink and revision of the main theories of labour force analysis.