The Restaurant Award Wage

How can it be that getting a pay rise is bad for you and puts your job on the line.

Well it seams once again that the good old hospitality industry is just about to get screwed over.

How? Here is the spiel.

So called hospitality Industry representatives have met to discuss the increase in wage and overtime rates for full-time employees and impose a 25 per cent penalty loading for casuals.
For the majority of the hospitality industry staff this is a much needed and richly deserved award rise.

New Award Raise to make things Worse

Apparently Sydney restaurateur Peter Doyle, who is the national president of Restaurant and Catering Australia said the recession has already resulted in a 10 per cent drop in bookings this year and a new award would make things worse. From the ABC news.
Once again a big bod thinking about his bottom line and not yours.
He said quote "I think if this new award does come in you will see some job losses, we're probably predicting in South Australia alone probably 2,000 job losses, probably 8,000 nationally,"

So Here's The Thing

We all get a pay increase and some will get to lose there job, now that's just great. I think that they are missing the point.
For a start it is one of the lowest paid industries out there, and we all deserve to get a raise regardless of the state of the economy. I bet every thing around you still goes up doesn't it. I bet those big nobs still cash in just fine, you can be sure they certainly don't take a pay cut.

Get Paid what we Deserve

The bottom line is pay the staff in the hospitality industry what they deserve, if you cant do that then pay them the award with the raise. You will still need to keep open to trade. So you will still need staff. Don't cut back on what the workers rightly deserve, but increase the cost of meals and beverage to cover for this. Some restaurants in other states already impose a 10% surcharge on weekends, once again a bit like a luxury tax.
Maybe you still want to charge top dollar, and also cut back on the quality of food and service.
Don't forget the old saying "with peanuts you only get monkeys!!"