Wage Theft and the Struggle over the Working Day in Hospitality Work
A Typology of Unpaid Labour Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt Cole (0000-0002-0639-9767, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Mark Stuart (0000-0003-4962-6496, University of Leeds), Kate Hardy (0000-0003-0429-2701, University of Leeds), David Spencer (0000-0002-7803-6105, University of Leeds) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-121 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170221111719 |
| OpenAlex | W4301394887 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
Drawing on Marxist political economy, this article examines wage theft in hospitality work. Through a detailed, qualitative study of workers' experiences in London hotels, a novel typology is developed that reveals how managers extract additional unpaid labour time through wage theft. The article argues that both the legal definition and existing academic formulations of wage theft fail to encompass the full range of ways that employers extract unpaid labour time. They also overlook the systemic dimension of unpaid labour time under capitalism. The article contributes new insights into the sociological dimensions of exploitation by proposing an alternative conceptualisation of wage theft that incorporates both formal violations of the law and the more subtle, informal means by which the theft of wages is secured
Capitalism · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Emotional labor · Hospitality · Labour economics · Labour law · Management · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Typology · Unpaid work · Wage · Wage labour · Work (physics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |