Wage and Hour, Employee Training, Restaurant Industry

Overtime Compliance for New York Restaurant Owners: Avoiding Costly Legal Mistakes

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP on 6/13/2025

Running a restaurant in New York involves managing a fast-paced, labor-intensive business—and keeping up with employment laws can be overwhelming. One of the most common legal pitfalls restaurant owners face is overtime...more

California’s Fast-Food Industry Faces Devastating Consequences After Lawmakers Pass Union-Backed Bill

Fisher Phillips on 9/1/2022

California lawmakers just passed the first bill in the nation that aims to enact specific workplace rules and standards for fast-food employees – a move that could have devastating consequences for the industry. The Fast Food...more

From More Delivery, Takeout and Outdoor Dining Options to Financial Relief – How Restaurants Have Managed Throughout the Pandemic

Saul Ewing LLP on 11/23/2020

In this episode, host Jonathan Havens, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice vice-chair Dena Calo and Carrie Leishman,...more

Connecticut Senate Passes Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 5/20/2019

State senators voted early this morning to raise Connecticut’s hourly minimum wage to $15.00 by June 1, 2023 in a plan that involves five annual increases. House Bill 5004, “An Act Increasing the Minimum Fair Wage,” was...more

New Employment Requirements for All D.C. Employers on the Horizon, Including Extensive Obligations for Employers of Tipped...

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/16/2018

On October 23, 2018, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser approved the Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018, D.C. Act 22-489 (“Act”), which repeals an initiative that would have eliminated the tip credit. At...more

Whiplash For D.C. Employers As Council Blocks Tipped Minimum Wage Increase - Employers Will Soon Face Mandatory Sexual Harassment...

Fisher Phillips on 10/23/2018

When D.C. voters passed Initiative 77 in June, employers began to prepare for a steady increase in the minimum wage they would need to pay their tipped workers. The tipped minimum wage was set to slowly, but significantly,...more

Could Barring Former Employees From Your Premises Lead To A Lawsuit?

Fisher Phillips on 9/8/2017

Hospitality employers open to the general public should be aware of a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with implications across the industry. In a 2-to-1 decision, the NLRB ruled that a hotel and...more

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