Workforce
Courts draw lines on off-the-clock pay for restaurant staff
Recent rulings clarify when restaurants are obliged to pay employees for ancillary activities.
Consumer Trends
To bolster local restaurants, a San Francisco measure looks to ban new workplace cafeterias
Critics say the measure would still have a negative effect on area jobs.
The Morris, Ill., operation convinced city lawmakers that caterers need their own sort of pass to serve beer, wine and spirits at functions, without the cost and hassle of a conventional license. But the new class of permit is only good for one day. The city has to approve a separate request for each catered event.