Tourism Inn the Caribbean
Autor: shan123 • December 8, 2016 • Essay • 546 Words (3 Pages) • 749 Views
One of the main industry in the Caribbean is the tourism industry; tourism is the business of providing hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc., for people who are traveling. even though tourism is a seasonal industry it still manage to obtain a high percentage of the country GDP. Thousands of Jamaicans work directly or indirectly in tourism. Tourism employs the second largest number of people in Jamaica. Because tourism is a seasonal job must people tent to get laid off or become redundant. Redundancy is when an employer reduces their workforce because a job is no longer needed. So therefor, if you lose your job and they get someone to fill the position that is not redundancy.
With the knowledge I have about the social, economic, and political challenges in the Caribbean the way the management of the hotel handled the matter is because
The decision of the IDT was made because there was evidence that the hotel intended to close on a temporary basis, the hotel in its correspondence and discussions with the Union did not state that the closure would be temporary. Therefore, the appellant did not follow the Code to provide all necessary information for an effective consultation. The appellant did not act reasonably in approving the union’s proposal of the 30 day lay-off be extended as provided for under the Employment Termination and Redundancy Payment Act and which extension up to a maximum of one 120 would have been at no additional cost to the Hotel.
The appellant’s action in proceeding to terminate the workers by reason of redundancy while discussions were still pending, was contrary with the principle of good faith bargaining. The appellant was in breach of the Code by failing to in consultation with the workers. The appellant acted rapidly in terminating the employment of the workers on the grounds of redundancy. There were no genuine grounds for redundancy and making the jobs of the workers redundant the appellant did not follow the proper and well established procedures as required by law.
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