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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on all sectors of the U.S. economy in a remarkably short period of time, but one of the largest and earliest impacts has been on the hospitality industry.

Hospitality and event center workers received additional job rights protection under a new ordinance passed by the Minneapolis City Council. The new ordinance requires employers to recall those workers,...

"Tourist hotels" in San Francisco must soon comply with Ordinance No. 208-20 enacted on October 9, 2020, which establishes cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices to help contain COVID-19.

In the first half of August 2018 alone, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed 16 lawsuits against employers—and hospitality employers should be especially wary...

In the wake of a deluge of sexual harassment accusations being leveled against high profile figures, and the ensuing #MeToo social media movement ...

Recently, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment for franchisor Choice Hotels International, Inc. (Choice Hotels)

In the age of technology and convenience, some businesses, particularly those with multi-state operations, are turning away from issuing paychecks to employees or paying them by direct deposit.

On July 22, 2015, the New York State Department of Labor's (NYSDOL) Wage Board voted to recommend a 171 percent increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York City (NYC)...

The Tennessee Court of Appeal has held that a bartender can proceed with her lawsuit under §107 of the Tennessee Wage Regulation Act, claiming her employer failed to pay her and other similarly situated employees tips and that it distributed tips among tipped and non-tipped employees in violation of the law.

On November 4, 2024, Mayor Adams signed Intro 0991-2024, also known as the Safe Hotels Act. The Act will become effective 180 days after November 4th.

For today's edition of Tips, we posit the following scenario. The owner of a small restaurant nestled in a bucolic New England town wakes up one morning to learn that her state legislature has just introduced a bill...

I just returned from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas with my partner Carolyn Richmond.

The hospitality industry is facing an unusual challenge. With rising consumer demand, hotels are hitting — and even exceeding — pre-pandemic levels for revenue per available room (RevPar) and EBITA.

A new law that many of the affected people have never heard about becomes effective July 1, 2022. It all involves liquor licenses from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage...

Pryor Cashman's Litigation Co-Chairs Don Zakarin and Todd Soloway recently sat down with New York Law Journal as part of its "Litigation Leaders" series that features some of the biggest and most innovative law firms in the country.

In the past few years, a dozen or so plaintiffs represented by a handful of law firms have sued many hundreds of hotels for allegedly not providing enough accessibility information...

An important figure in your restaurant's profitability is its break-even point. This amount represents the sales that you need to cover all your costs. The calculation begins with determining your variable and fixed costs.