Fast Food Industry in Singapore
Work and Employment Relations in the Fast Food Industry
The fast food industry is expanding globally over the years despite of downturns in national economies. Due to the rapid growth and success of the service, issues such as workers’ right, pay levels and conditions of work are often questioned. While fast food industries has expanded globally and become multinational corporations (MNCs),to what extent they are able to impose common employment practices on diverse national systems of labor legislations?(Royle, Towers 2002) This essay shall discuss about the similarities and differences between work and employment relations in the fast food industries. The country that will be discussed is Singapore, Germany and the United States. The discussion shall first begin with information about the fast food industry after which, I shall explore the similarities and also the differences between the work and employment relations of the three countries. Last but not least, I will discuss about the reasons of the similarities and the differences that occur.
The fast food industries first originated from the United States. Fast food can include service with or without plates and be consumed inside or outside the business, has limited menus, limited service, and standardization .Meals are selected by customers from a short list of offerings followed by placing orders at a counter (Leidner,2002).Food is served in a very fast speed: on a tray for dining in, or packaged to take elsewhere. People who are in a hurry and want to have inexpensive meals are the targeted market for this industry. In fact, the industry emphasizes on convenience. The limited offerings and the standardization has permit the use of low skilled and easily replaceable labour. Lobbying the government to introduce lower rates of pay for young workers and demanding for more ‘flexibility’ is in the vanguard of fast-food companies.(Royle,2000; Vidal,1997).It is often said that fast-food industries has
The fast food industry is expanding globally over the years despite of downturns in national economies. Due to the rapid growth and success of the service, issues such as workers’ right, pay levels and conditions of work are often questioned. While fast food industries has expanded globally and become multinational corporations (MNCs),to what extent they are able to impose common employment practices on diverse national systems of labor legislations?(Royle, Towers 2002) This essay shall discuss about the similarities and differences between work and employment relations in the fast food industries. The country that will be discussed is Singapore, Germany and the United States. The discussion shall first begin with information about the fast food industry after which, I shall explore the similarities and also the differences between the work and employment relations of the three countries. Last but not least, I will discuss about the reasons of the similarities and the differences that occur.
The fast food industries first originated from the United States. Fast food can include service with or without plates and be consumed inside or outside the business, has limited menus, limited service, and standardization .Meals are selected by customers from a short list of offerings followed by placing orders at a counter (Leidner,2002).Food is served in a very fast speed: on a tray for dining in, or packaged to take elsewhere. People who are in a hurry and want to have inexpensive meals are the targeted market for this industry. In fact, the industry emphasizes on convenience. The limited offerings and the standardization has permit the use of low skilled and easily replaceable labour. Lobbying the government to introduce lower rates of pay for young workers and demanding for more ‘flexibility’ is in the vanguard of fast-food companies.(Royle,2000; Vidal,1997).It is often said that fast-food industries has