TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuity or change? the implications of the National Minimum Wage for work and employment in the hospitality industry
AU - Adam-Smith, D.
AU - Christy, Gill
AU - Williams, Stephen
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - Drawing on data generated from interviews with employers, managers and workers the article examines the reasons for the limited impact of the recently introduced National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK hospitality industry. Managerial control over the terms of the wage-work bargain, together with the significant influence of product and labour market pressures, has allowed the NMW to be introduced with little disruption. Contrary to expectations of a regulatory or labour market `shock', the introduction of the NMW appears to have reinforced, rather than challenged, existing employment relations arrangements in hospitality.
AB - Drawing on data generated from interviews with employers, managers and workers the article examines the reasons for the limited impact of the recently introduced National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK hospitality industry. Managerial control over the terms of the wage-work bargain, together with the significant influence of product and labour market pressures, has allowed the NMW to be introduced with little disruption. Contrary to expectations of a regulatory or labour market `shock', the introduction of the NMW appears to have reinforced, rather than challenged, existing employment relations arrangements in hospitality.
U2 - 10.1177/0950017003017001251
DO - 10.1177/0950017003017001251
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 17
SP - 29
EP - 47
JO - Work Employment & Society
JF - Work Employment & Society
IS - 1
ER -
