Rights awareness and COVID-19 tourism job losses: perspectives from Malaysia

Gan, J.-E. and Lim, J.P.S. and Poon, W.C. and Thuraiselvam, S. (2024) Rights awareness and COVID-19 tourism job losses: perspectives from Malaysia. Current Issues in Tourism, 27 (2). pp. 171-177. ISSN 13683500

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Abstract

This qualitative study applies the labour market segmentation theory to examine tourism job losses through the indirect causes of pay cuts, unpaid leave and the take-up of side hustle�accepted by the employees partly from loyalty, camaraderie and empathy. Where the prolonged hardship from these measures leads to resignations, employers gain from the avoidance of termination benefits mandated by a retrenchment exercise. The losses occasioned to the worker include the non-eligibility for state-funded wage subsidy and foregone termination benefits. Through a legal analysis of COVID-19 job losses, the study posits that tourism workers� lack of rights awareness contributed to the voluntary acceptance of these lawful but detrimental strategies. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 14:20
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2024 14:20
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/20290

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