International Students & Work: A Global Society Report, RMIT

This report analyzes the precarious working conditions of international students in the food service industry, highlighting issues of low wages, illegal employer practices, and underpayment. The report discusses the primary focus and problem explored in the paper, which is the exploitation of international students, particularly in restaurants and cafes. Key arguments include the impact of illegal practices, such as undeclared casual work, on students' living conditions and work experiences. The report also identifies critical issues like underpayment and non-payment in the name of award regulations, as well as irregularities in the work allocated to international students. It emphasizes the need for policy changes and the shared responsibility of students and governments in addressing these challenges. The report concludes by highlighting the importance of understanding the changing nature of work and labor markets and their impact on workers, particularly international students. This report is available on Desklib, a platform offering AI-powered study tools.

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Inhospitable Workplaces?
International students and paid work
in food services
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Table of Contents
What is the primary focus and problem explored in the paper?...................................................................2
What are the key ideas and arguments raised in the reading?......................................................................2
What issues emerge out of the reading that you would like other students to know about?.........................3
References...................................................................................................................................................4
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What is the primary focus and problem explored in the paper?
The primary aim of this research article is to evaluate the part time poor working conditions for
the international students. The students are offered low wages and they do not have the adequate
skills, moreover, the articles evaluate the significant issues of social justice. It becomes important
to understand the poor working conditions in low wages that are offered to the respective
students. The article reflects the fact that there are illegal employer practices from many of the
firms operating throughout the concerned market segments of Australia (Gruenewald and Smith,
2014). These illegal practices are facilitated by the effective use of undeclared casual work. The
issue of underpayments has significantly increased for the international students looking for part
time work throughout the market regions of Australia (Harkavy et al., 2016). A large number of
international students are seen to be working with the other employees in many restaurants and
cafes. It becomes important for the government to take required steps in order to improve the
overall working conditions for the international students.
What are the key ideas and arguments raised in the reading?
The key idea of the article is the discussion and the arguments on the poor working conditions
for the international students at low wages. The students are treated poorly in many food
services such as in cafes and in restaurants by offering the lower amount of wages to them. The
idea is to understand the illegal employer practices throughout Australia so that the working and
living conditions for the international students can be enhanced. The articles help in bringing
out the conditions related to the wages and working atmosphere of the students in cafes and
restaurants. The argument is mainly on the higher levels of precariousness which is mainly
centered on the illegal employer's underpayment practices that cause the students to suffer from
poor living conditions. Furthermore, the article provides two main areas for arguments; they are
related to the food services such as the ‘ethnic’ and ‘mainstream’. There exists a lack of the
protection among the international students concerning their respective work processes (Loy and
Cooper, 2017). The working-time and the employment insecurity critically affect the execution
of the business processes of the organization concerned. The illegal employer practices mainly
hamper the living conditions and the students are filled with poor work experiences.
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What issues emerge out of the reading that you would like other students to know about?
The issue is regarding the underpayment, non-payment in the name of award regulation,
irregularities in the work allocated to the international students in different food service sectors
such as in cafes and restaurants. The illegal employer practices provide illegal and
underpayment works to the international students needs to be stopped (Rees et al., 2014). There
is the certain recommendation that needs to be adopted as to enhance the working conditions
such as there should be the change in the policy solutions. Moreover, it becomes the primary
responsibility of the students as well as the governments to look after the lower amount of wages
offered to the students.
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References
Gruenewald, D.A. and Smith, G.A. eds., 2014. Place-based education in the global age: Local
diversity. Routledge.
Harkavy, I., Hartley, M., Hodges, R.A. and Weeks, J., 2016. Working to Educate Global Citizens
and Create Neighborly Communities Locally and Globally: Penn's Partnerships in West
Philadelphia as a Democratic Experiment in Progress. Higher Learning Research
Communications, 6(2), p.43.
Loy, J. and Cooper, R., 2017. Addressing Cultural and Gender Project Bias: Engaged Learning
for Diverse Student Cohorts. In Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Engineering Majors and
Careers (pp. 130-154). IGI Global.
Rees, J., Boulton, G., Rosling, H., Smith, S.J., Kothari, U. and Dearing, J., 2014. Working
together to address global problems: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards
ceremony 2014. The Geographical Journal, 180(3), pp.281-288.
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