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California takes steps to protect restaurant workers from dangerous heat

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 24, 2024

Kitchens would need to be cooled down whenever the temperature hits 87 degrees. Breaks, "cool-down areas" and water would also have to be provided.

Workforce

Ted Cruz turns Donald Trump's no-tax-on-tips campaign pledge into actual legislation

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2024

The bill has the support of usual employer advocates like the National Restaurant Association.

Operations

California's hated PAGA law is being tempered

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2024

Government Watch: Gov. Newsom has agreed to a compromise that will guarantee the pro-labor legislation lives on, though in weaker form.

Workforce

Here's what the presidential candidates are promising for the restaurant business

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 17, 2024

Working Lunch: Both Trump and Biden are pledging moves that the industry would readily feel.

Workforce

Starbucks wins its Supreme Court union case

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2024

The nation's highest court agreed that more stringent criteria should have been weighed before a U.S. district court granted an NLRB's petition to stop pro-union employees from being fired.

Operations

How Michigan restaurants beat back a minimum-wage ballot measure

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 10, 2024

Working Lunch: Justin Winslow, CEO of the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, joins the podcast to talk about his group’s successful fight against a state ballot initiative.

Food

Salmonella has now sickened 320 in the East, but authorities can't say if there's a common source

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Cucumbers have been connected to two of the three contaminations. Still, the outbreaks could be separate, according to health officials.

Marketing

New bill would allow restaurants in California to continue using service fees and other surcharges

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Consumers would need to be alerted to the add-ons ahead of time. The measure's proponents are asking that it be passed before most surcharges are outlawed starting July 1.

Workforce

Union group urges New York to make ending the tip credit a campaign issue

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 05, 2024

One Fair Wage said its research shows young residents would be more likely to vote if the issue hung in the balance.

Food

Cucumbers shipped to 14 states are suspected of carrying salmonella

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 03, 2024

The produce likely never made it to restaurants or supermarkets, according to the FDA, because supplies were halted at the distributor and wholesaler stages of the supply chain.

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