BACKGROUND Hotel employees have higher rates of occupational injury and sustain more severe injuries than most other service workers. METHOD OSHA log incidents from five unionized hotel companies for a three-year period were analyzed to estimate injury rates by job, company, and demographic characteristics. Room cleaning work, known to be physically hazardous, was of particular concern. RES...

OBJECTIVE Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in the United States. Chronic disease management occurs within all aspects of an individual's life, including the workplace. Though the social constructs of gender, race, class, and immigration status within the workplace have been considered, their connection to disease management among workers has been less explicitly explored. Using ...

This article examines representations of housekeeping and housekeepers in the popular television series Hotel Babylon. We take a reflective approach in considering how identities and roles in the Hotel Babylon series are constructed, regarding the housekeeping department and its workers. We identify that the representation of housekeeping work and employees is one of mainly sexualized victims, ...

Strongly enforced mobility restrictions to deter the spread of COVID-19 severely impacted tourism, a pivotal economic sector Balearic Islands. Little is known about experiences most economically affected groups, such as hotel housekeepers. This study aimed explore and concerns housekeepers (approximately 13,000 worked in Islands before pandemic) during first stages lockdown. Semi-structured int...

unskilled women workers, including hotel housekeepers, despite a major contribution to the quality of the facilities, usually have invisible and less known position. while good understanding of their situation and the factors affecting their job performance can significant gains in improving their living conditions and improve the quality of services related to human resources in the tourism in...

Cleaning is an unavoidable yet unattractive element of hotel administration, despite being labor-intensive and time-consuming. The workforce must be well-organized constantly trained to reduce accidents other hazards. Since Covid 19, many five-star hotels have introduced new practises ideas. This helps check the hotel's quality avert environmental damage. Hotel management has changed recently. ...