Specific Legislation in Hospitality Industry

This presentation provides an overview of the specific legislation that a hospitality organization has to comply with. It discusses the Equality Act, Minimum Wages Act, and Health and Safety Work Act. It also explores the potential impact of company, employment, and contract law on a business, as well as the implications of regulations, legislation, and ethical principles on decision-making. The presentation concludes with a discussion on the importance of the hospitality industry and its contribution to the economy.

Hospitality Business
Toolkit
(TASK 3)

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Specific legislation that a hospitality organization has to comply and
adhere
 Potential impact of company, employment and contract law upon a
business
 Potential implication of regulations, legislation and standards upon
decision-making
 Potential impacts of regulations, legislations, and ethical principles upon
decision-making
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Hospitality industry provides variety of services in order to
fulfil demands of customers. It involves many fields such
as hotel which provide accommodation services, restaurant
gives food services, travelling services etc. It is a growing
industry in every country.

Specific legislation that a hospitality
organization has to comply
Legislation are important to carry business activities without
any hurdles. There are many laws which are applicable
on an organization in hospitality industry. These are as
follows:
 Equality Act, 2010
 Minimum Wages Act, 1998
 Health and Safety Work Act, 1974

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Equality Act, 2010: The
provisions of this Act is
applicable with a view to
protect employees against
any kind of discrimination
on the basis of sex, race,
religion, nationality,
disability or ability etc.

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Minimum Wages Act, 1998: This Act extends to whole UK
which ensures a minimum wage to each worker working in
an organization. Further, it provides that employees over
the age of 25, falling in the age group of 21 to 24 and 18 to
20 will be paid £7.83, £7.38 and £5.90, respectively.
Serious actions will taken against an organization not
providing minimum wage.

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Health and Safety Work Act, 1974: This Act is governs
health, safety and welfare of employees at workplace.
Further, it defines duties of employers and employees. It
provides fines plus two years of imprisonment to those
breaching laws.

Potential impact of company,
employment and contract law
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Potential implication of regulations,
legislation and standards

Potential impacts of regulations,
legislations, and ethical principles
Regulations, legislations and ethical principles are crucial to
decision-making in an organization in hospitality
industry. It is applied for carrying business smoothly. It is
mandatory for entities to comply with applicable laws in
order to avoid legal consequences.

Conclusion
From the above presentation, it has been concluded that
hospitality industry is an emerging market which offers
variety of services to its customers. Further, it also
contributes to economic growth of economy by creating
jobs and other factors.

References
Lopes, M., 2016. The hospitality industry (Doctoral dissertation).
Lub, X. D. and et. al., 2016. The future of hotels: The Lifestyle
Hub. A design-thinking approach for developing future
hospitality concepts. Journal of Vacation Marketing. 22(3).
pp.249-264.

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