February 18, 2005 |
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer |
New York Restaurant Industry - Nothin' But "Bad Jobs"
A recent article in the New York Times (registration required) provides an interesting summary of a recent study of the restaurant industry in New York. This study, which also was discussed in a recent post on the blog Workers Comp Insider (which provides a link to the study itself and a great analysis), notes some very scary statistics for those in the HR or employment law fields:
- at least 36 percent of its workers are illegal immigrants
- 59 percent of workers surveyed reported overtime violations
- 73 percent said they had no health insurance
- most of the workers earned less than $20,000 a year
- 13 percent reported minimum wage violations
- 33 percent reported verbal abuse by their employers
- 19 percent said management illegally took a share of the tips
Now there's an industry the could truly learn some progressive employment practices.