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Ohio servers and bartenders sound off on efforts to kill the tip credit

 By Peter Romeo on May 22, 2024

The Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance airs research showing tipped employees are as opposed as their employers are.

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Ohio restaurants try a jujitsu move to protect their tip credit

 By Peter Romeo on May 20, 2024

The industry and its allies are pushing legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 but keep the credit. The move is intended to thwart an effort to both raise the wage and kill the credit through a ballot initiative.

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The White House has ideas about how all that AI on the Show floor should be used

By Peter Romeo on May 17, 2024

Reality Check: President Biden issued a set of guidelines Thursday for protecting workers from the digital onslaught.

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Cheating on employee drug tests is at an all-time high

By Peter Romeo on May 15, 2024

The likelihood of workers testing positive, particularly for marijuana use, was particularly high for workers involved in workplace accidents.

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Southern Smoke Foundation plans to double its no-cost mental health services for foodservice workers

By Lisa Jennings on May 14, 2024

The Behind You program by the Southern Smoke Foundation will connect those in the food-and-beverage industry to mental health services in five more states. The nonprofit hopes to raise $1 million this year for the expansion.

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Labor is testing whether California's new fast-food wage-setting process would work elsewhere

By Peter Romeo on May 13, 2024

Working Lunch: Minneapolis is essentially testing the portability of the controversial Golden State model.

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Tomorrow's aspiring industry leaders strut their stuff at ProStart's national competition

By Peter Romeo on May 02, 2024

The program's best went head to head for a weekend in Baltimore, with 96 teenaged teams vying for $200,000 in scholarships to continue their restaurant educations.

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New York mandates a new employee benefit: Paid leave for expectant parents

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 30, 2024

The state's nearly $400 billion budget also obliges restaurants and other employers to provide paid half-hour breaks for nursing mothers.

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Employees of discontinued Foxtrot and Dom's chains sue for unpaid wages

By Greg Lindenberg on Apr. 25, 2024

A class-action suit contends the food shops’ staffs weren’t alerted of the closings at least 60 days in advance, as required under federal and state law.

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Overtime pay to be extended to salaried employees earning less than $43,888

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2024

The pool of managers entitled to time-and-a-half pay will jump again on Jan. 1, then increase every three years.

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