Behind the Scenes in a Restaurant

About this eBook

Author

Consumers' League of New York City

Title

Behind the scenes in a restaurant: A study of 1017 women restaurant employees

Original Publication

United States: The Consumers League of New York,1916.

Credits

ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Restaurants -- Employees

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69451

Release Date

November 30, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Behind the Scenes in a Restaurant
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.FOREWORD.
4. 4.PLAN OF STUDY.
5. 5.THE WORKER. — Age. — Nationality. — Family and Home.
6. 6.HOURS. — Weekly Hours of Labor. — The Day of a Restaurant Worker. — Night Work and One Day’s Rest in Seven. — The Long-Day Workers.
7. 7.WAGES. — Weekly Wages. — The Tipping System. — Irregularity of Employment. — Lack of Opportunity in Restaurant Work.
8. 8.SUMMARY OF STUDY.
9. 9.RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT.
10. 10.APPENDIX I. A STATEMENT FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ADVOCATING THE LIMITATION OF HOURS OF WORK FOR RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES. [14]
11. 11.APPENDIX II. EXTRACTS FROM A TENTATIVE REPORT ON THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN RESTAURANTS, BASED ON A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL CLINIC OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
12. 12.APPENDIX III. RESTAURANT WORK FROM A WORKER’S POINT OF VIEW.
13. 13.APPENDIX IV. SCHEDULE USED. [15]
14. 14.APPENDIX V. — Table 1. Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Occupation. — Table 2. Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Nationality. — Table 3. Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Conjugal Condition. — Table 4. Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Living Condition. — Table 5. Age of Women Employed in Restaurants, by Weekly Hours of Labor. — Table 6. Weekly Hours of Labor of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation. — Table 7. Weekly Hours of Labor of Women Employed in Restaurants by Nationality. — Table 8. Weekly Wages of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation. — Table 9. Weekly Income of Women Employed in Restaurants by Occupation. — Table 10. Wages of Women employed in Restaurants Showing Length of Time Idle during Preceding Year by Reason of Slack Season, Change of Work, Vacation with or Without Pay, Illness or Other Causes. — Table 11. Weekly Wage of Women Employed in Restaurants by Nationality.
15. 15.APPENDIX VI. STATES HAVING LAWS REGULATING WORK OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN RESTAURANTS. — Hours — One Day of Rest in Seven Required. — Night Work Forbidden. — Not more than 48 hours in one week — Minimum Wage Required — To be determined by Industrial Welfare Commission — Meal Time Required — Seats Required — Tips Forbidden
16. 16.FOOTNOTES

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