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Service industry
One bartender faces the prospect of weeks without pay: “It’s gonna become a problem pretty quick.”
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 16, 2020
Neil Cairns, a bartender in Portland, Oregon says he'll just have to "hope for the best" as he faces reduced hours and the prospect of bar closures.
Unpredictable schedules are part of the retail gig but new policies could change that
Jun 13, 2019
But there are budding efforts to give hourly workers in those fields more dependable hours.
Low pay and long hours: Staffing in the restaurant industry remains a challenge as sales grow
Jul 17, 2018
The National Restaurant association projects that sales will grow by 4 percent this year. Celebrity chefs and Instagram foodie streams all point to an industry on the upswing. But staffing restaurants isn’t easy these days. Susan Spicer runs three restaurants in New Orleans, and says this is in part because her industry gets a bad […]
Servers, steer clear of that table! Millennials are the worst tippers, report says
by
Renata Sago
Jun 18, 2018
But the data doesn't paint the whole picture.
The latest fight for employee rights: work schedule predictability
Sep 4, 2017
Worker rights advocates say unpredictable schedules, and dreaded "clopenings," take a toll on employees.