Minimum wages—strait-jacket or framework for the hospitality industry into the 1990s?

Remuneration practice in a wages council sector: some empirical observations in hotels

“…A comparison of the employment practices in small hotels with those of the larger national hotel groups might be instructive since there is a perception that terms and conditions are generally superior in larger companies to those in small independently owned units. This is evidenced by the larger hotel companies' lobby on behalf of the small businessman who has been forced (in their view) to trade under a needless burden of minimum wage legislation [9]. The message of the large hoteliers reads 'We can afford to pay above wages council terms but the small firm may not even be able to match those terms'.…”

Remuneration practice in a wages council sector: some empirical observations in hotels

“…A comparison of the employment practices in small hotels with those of the larger national hotel groups might be instructive since there is a perception that terms and conditions are generally superior in larger companies to those in small independently owned units. This is evidenced by the larger hotel companies' lobby on behalf of the small businessman who has been forced (in their view) to trade under a needless burden of minimum wage legislation [9]. The message of the large hoteliers reads 'We can afford to pay above wages council terms but the small firm may not even be able to match those terms'.…”

Wages council abolition and small hotels

“…Another consideration is that during the 1980s the wages council minimum rate often represented a “going rate” for a substantial number of workers in the industry[27, 28] and, in particular, prior to abolition minimum rates in small hotels were linked closely to the wages council minimum rate. Thus, it can be argued that a drop in minimum rates post‐abolition will affect a majority of workers at establishments where minimum rates have fallen.…”

Remuneration practice in a wages council sector: some empirical observations in hotels

“…A comparison of the employment practices in small hotels with those of the larger national hotel groups might be instructive since there is a perception that terms and conditions are generally superior in larger companies to those in small independently owned units. This is evidenced by the larger hotel companies' lobby on behalf of the small businessman who has been forced (in their view) to trade under a needless burden of minimum wage legislation [9]. The message of the large hoteliers reads 'We can afford to pay above wages council terms but the small firm may not even be able to match those terms'.…”

Wages council abolition and small hotels

“…Another consideration is that during the 1980s the wages council minimum rate often represented a “going rate” for a substantial number of workers in the industry[27, 28] and, in particular, prior to abolition minimum rates in small hotels were linked closely to the wages council minimum rate. Thus, it can be argued that a drop in minimum rates post‐abolition will affect a majority of workers at establishments where minimum rates have fallen.…”

Remuneration practice in a wages council sector: some empirical observations in hotels

“…A comparison of the employment practices in small hotels with those of the larger national hotel groups might be instructive since there is a perception that terms and conditions are generally superior in larger companies to those in small independently owned units. This is evidenced by the larger hotel companies' lobby on behalf of the small businessman who has been forced (in their view) to trade under a needless burden of minimum wage legislation [9]. The message of the large hoteliers reads 'We can afford to pay above wages council terms but the small firm may not even be able to match those terms'.…”

Wages council abolition and small hotels

“…Another consideration is that during the 1980s the wages council minimum rate often represented a “going rate” for a substantial number of workers in the industry[27, 28] and, in particular, prior to abolition minimum rates in small hotels were linked closely to the wages council minimum rate. Thus, it can be argued that a drop in minimum rates post‐abolition will affect a majority of workers at establishments where minimum rates have fallen.…”