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Are penalty rates no longer relevant in the retail industry — and do they cost jobs? Recent research compared two neighbouring states where one raised rates to the other’s level to find the answer.
The hospitality and tourism sector is struggling to find a good supply of lower-paid workers in the CBD, because that is also where they face either high housing or travel costs.
Today’s refugee crisis is not just about the movement of people. It is also about the human immobility that is baked into contemporary laws and politics. What, then, of the code of hospitality?
Blacks and Hispanics do tip, on average, less than whites. But research shows waiters aren’t only motivated by economics when they offer inferior service.
Citizens of countries that rank higher on the so-called Trust Index tend to be more generous when it comes to tipping waiters.
The custom is confusing to customers, creates instability for workers and ironically doesn’t necessarily result in better service as intended.
Within the US restaurant industry, blacks are generally considered comparatively poor tippers. One recent survey of roughly 1,000 restaurant servers from across the nation found that 34% thought blacks…
Tipping might one day become entrenched in Australia’s drinking and dining experience as it has in America. Research found…
Recently Qantas and Virgin have been fighting a war for “high value” corporate contracts by refurbishing their invitation-only lounges. But is this a wise strategy? The airline industry has long been stuck…
Tourism and hospitality course closures have featured prominently in the recent announcements about redundancies flowing from the estimated $200 million of Victorian TAFE funding cuts. While the causes…
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Professor, History, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Wayne State University
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Chair & Professor of Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management | Director of the Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute, University of Florida
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Professor of Food and Beverage Management, Cornell University
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and HRM, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
