Lo bhubhane ubulimaza kakhulu abasebenzi bemboni yezihambi. Ezokungcebeleka nokwamukela izihambi kulahlekelwe yimisebenzi eyizigidi ezi-3.1 phakathi nalolu bhubhane olungakabuyi, olumele ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yabo bonke abantu abangasebenzi e-United States, ngokusho kweBureau of Labor Statistics. Okugqama kakhulu nakakhulu ukuthi izinga lokuntuleka kwemisebenzi emkhakheni wezindawo zokulala lihlala liphezulu ngama-330% kunomnotho wonke.
Ngeshwa, umgwaqo wokululama embonini yamahhotela mude. Nakuba uhambo lokungcebeleka luzoqala ukubuya kuleli hlobo njengoba abantu abaningi begonywa, ukuhamba kwebhizinisi—umthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo yamahhotela—kwehle ngo-85% futhi akulindelekile ukuthi kuqale ukubuya kancane kuze kube ingxenye yesibili yalo nyaka. Ukuthola kabusha okuphelele akulindelekile kuze kube ngu-2024.
Umthetho we-Save Hotel Jobs Act uzohlinzeka ngosekelo olubalulekile kumahhotela nakubasebenzi bawo phakathi nalesi sikhathi esibalulekile. Izinhlinzeko ezibalulekile zihlanganisa okulandelayo:
- Ukusekela Abasebenzi Bamahhotela: Izibonelelo ezikhokhelwayo eziqondile zizosetshenziselwa ukukhokhela nezindleko zezinzuzo zabasebenzi. Lo mthetho uzodinga futhi ukuthi abahlinzeki bezibonelelo banikeze abasebenzi abadiliziwe amalungelo okukhumbula ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi labo abalahlekelwe yimisebenzi yamahhotela ngenxa yalolu bhubhane bayakwazi ukubuyela emsebenzini.
- Ukuvumela Izikweletu Zentela Ezilungele Umsebenzi: Ihlinzeka Ngesikweletu Sentela Yezinto Zokuzivikela Zomuntu Siqu ukuze sikhuthaze izindlela zokuphepha kwabasebenzi, ezingavumela isikweletu sentela ekhokhelwayo ngo-50% wezindleko ezihlobene nokuthengwa kwezinto zokuzivikela, ubuchwepheshe obuklanyelwe ukunciphisa umthelela walolu bhubhane, ukwanda kokuhlolwa kwabasebenzi, kanye nezinqubo zokuhlanza ezithuthukisiwe ezingalithinti kabi izinga lomsebenzi wabasebenzi abagcina izindlu.
Amahhotela angenalutho noma avalwe unomphela anomthelela omubi emiphakathini ezweni lonke, alimaza inhlobonhlobo yamabhizinisi athembele ebukhoneni bezivakashi zamahhotela, njengezindawo zokudlela nezitolo, izinkampani ezihlinzeka ngamahhotela kanye nezokwakha. Kubantu abangu-10 abaqashwe ngokuqondile endaweni yasehhotela, amahhotela abuye asekele eminye imisebenzi engama-26 emphakathini, ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yi-Oxford Economics. Njengoba amahhotela okulindeleke ukuthi aqede u-2021 ehle imisebenzi engama-500,000, ngokususelwa esilinganisweni sangaphambi kobhubhane, eminye imisebenzi esekelwa amahhotela eyi-1.3 million isengozini kulo nyaka ngaphandle kokusekelwa okwengeziwe okuvela kuCongress.
Lesi simo esibucayi sibe sibi kakhulu ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, silimaza imiphakathi eyidlanzana. Amahhotela asemadolobheni, athembele kakhulu ekuhambeni kwebhizinisi neqembu futhi okungenzeka ukuthi asingathe imicimbi emikhulu, aqede uJanuwari ehle ngo-66% emalini engenayo yamagumbi uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Lokho akubandakanyi imali engenayo elahlekile evela emaqenjini, imihlangano nokudla nesiphuzo, okufaka isandla kakhulu ebhizinisini kulezi zimakethe. Ngokwemibiko yakamuva, I-New York City ibone ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yamagumbi ayo amahhotela—ngaphezu kuka-42,000—eqedwa ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, namahhotela acishe abe ngu-200 avalwe unomphela edolobheni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ihlinzeka Ngesikweletu Sentela Yezinto Zokuzivikela Zomuntu Siqu ukuze sikhuthaze izindlela zokuphepha kwabasebenzi, ezingavumela isikweletu sentela ekhokhelwayo ngo-50% wezindleko ezihlobene nokuthengwa kwezinto zokuzivikela, ubuchwepheshe obuklanyelwe ukunciphisa umthelela walolu bhubhane, ukwanda kokuhlolwa kwabasebenzi, kanye nezinqubo zokuhlanza ezithuthukisiwe ezingalithinti kabi izinga lomsebenzi wabasebenzi abagcina izindlu.
- Empty or permanently closed hotels have a ripple effect on communities throughout the country, hurting a wide range of businesses that rely on the presence of hotel guests, such as restaurants and retail, hotel supply companies and construction.
- The legislation would also require grantees to give laid-off workers recall rights to ensure those who lost their hotel jobs due to the pandemic are able to get back to work.
