Employment Laws Affecting Your Brewery

As your brewery ramps up production, you many need more hands on deck to handle the increased demand. Developing and managing a workforce involves legal issues and requirements that you will have to navigate to avoid brewing up a lawsuit.

EMPLOYEE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND HANDBOOKS

With an expanding workforce, it is essential to develop employee policies and procedures that clearly communicate performance expectations to your employees. This can be achieved by creating and maintaining an employee handbook that is tailored to your brewery. Establishing expectations and holding all employees to the same standards can go a long way toward limiting your exposure to employment discrimination claims, wage and hour complaints, and overtime lawsuits down the road. Additionally, developing consistent and responsible policies regarding at-work consumption and proper handling and disposal of alcohol are considerations of special importance to the brewery industry.