ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
This study aims to know whether tourism professionals in Dipolog City accepts the new normal work scheme in terms of reduction or work hours/ work days, rotation of workers, and forced leave. The researchers used the survey method through the use of self-made questionnaire to assess the acceptability of new normal work scheme of tourism professionals in the city. Purposive sampling was utilized for 82 respondents. The statistical tool used were weighted mean to determine the acceptability of new normal work scheme and chi-square test to determine the test of difference between acceptability of new normal work scheme and the profile of respondents. The respondents find reduction of work hours/ work days as slightly acceptable, while rotation of workers and forced leave as slightly unacceptable. A number of tourism professionals are not open with changes in the reduction of work hours/ work days, majority of the respondents does not prefer to be transferred to another branch or to another workplace, as for forced leave, majority of the respondents does not agree on going on leave for days especially without pay.