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What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Employers - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
(Podcast) California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance Tip of the Day: What is a Gap Analysis
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
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Earlier this summer, the Washington, D.C. Council (“Council”) narrowly passed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget (the “Amendment”) partially repealing portions of Initiative 82 and restructuring how tipped workers’...more
On March 31, 2025, Congress saw the reintroduction of H.R. 2511, the Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act. The bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new regulatory requirements for labeling the...more
Amendments to Florida law on notification of automatic gratuity charges create more stringent requirements for how restaurants communicate operations charges to customers. Restaurant owners should review and update their...more
Florida's newly enacted Chapter 2025-113 introduces detailed disclosure requirements for automatic fees imposed by public food service establishments. The revised statute – codified at Section 509.214, Florida Statutes – aims...more
Described as a law to make it easier to remove hotel guests who have not paid their bills, Florida Bill SB 606 (“the Bill”) includes several new required disclosures that will impact Florida restaurants, hotels, and...more
Many new business owners in the restaurant, bar, nightclub, and karaoke business fail to understand that if live music is played in their establishment (called a public performance), the establishment must have the proper...more
Third-party delivery (3PD) companies, like Uber Eats and DoorDash, have transformed the restaurant industry by offering customers convenience and a broader range of dining options. Most restaurants rely exclusively on 3PD...more
After seemingly bouncing back from the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and related labor, supply chain, and governmental mandate issues, the hospitality industry experienced a year of volatility in 2023, with...more
2023 was a pivotal year for the beverage and food industry globally, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. With a full year of operations largely relieved of pandemic-era restrictions, restaurant...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
On September 14, 2023, the Committee on Workforce Development, a procedural committee under the Chicago City Council, voted in favor of the One Fair Wage Ordinance, legislation that would phase out tipped minimum wages within...more
Get ready for a game-changer in tip reporting compliance! The Treasury Department and IRS have just announced the proposed launch of the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program. SITCA is a voluntary...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is proposing a new voluntary program, referred to as the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program, for employers in service industries to avoid paying the employer’s share...more
On November 23, 2021, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring certain employers to report unionization efforts amongst their employees when they receive funding from New York City (either directly or indirectly) to...more
Like the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, Wisconsin law allows hospitality employers to pay certain tipped employees less than the minimum wage with the understanding that the tips they receive will cover the difference....more
Effective January 20, 2021, the Ontario government is increasing workplace inspections of retailers and other workplaces as part of a crackdown on compliance to ensure COVID-19 safety protocols are being followed and...more
Leisure M&A deal value totaled US$13.5 billion in Q1 2020, which, although higher than figures recorded for Q1 2019, was more than 50% below Q4 2019 levels. Deal volume dropped to 117 transactions, the lowest quarterly total...more
OIG Report Suggests Improvements to FSMA Enforcement - A report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has concluded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more
A few months ago, we provided a summary of North Carolina House Bill 500 and how it would have clarified many ambiguities under our state's existing alcoholic beverage laws and benefitted the brewing industry. Unfortunately,...more
Legalized Drug Use Impacts the Food and Beverage Industry - In the November 2016 general election, voters in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota amended their state constitutions to authorize the use of marijuana for...more