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No smoke, but fire for sure

 By Peter Romeo on Feb. 05, 2014

It had been just a bad memory: Smokers raising hell in restaurants that dared to curb their vice, and the health-minded leaning hard on operators to snuff out second-hand smoke.

FDA finalizes menu-labeling regs

 Nov. 25, 2014

Chain restaurants will have a year to post calorie counts for food and some alcoholic beverages. They’ll also be required to provide far more information in print form, and to let customers know that 2,000 calories is a daily benchmark.

Workforce

6 places new labor legislation is heating up

By Alaina Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2017

The rules and regulations to keep an eye out for in your area.

Workforce

The $15 question

By Steve Brooks on Mar. 17, 2014

In the fight over minimum wage, the restaurant industry faces an elusive, but highly organized challenger.

New restaurant headaches arising in legislatures

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 01, 2014

San Francisco has already passed a law to change restaurants’ labor-scheduling policies. Meanwhile, a California lawmaker wants wages doubled on certain days.

Operations

Finally, food safety watchdogs pledge to collaborate

By Peter Romeo and Benita Gingerella on Jan. 31, 2018

Restaurants could be a beneficiary of a partnership agreement struck yesterday by two of the three agencies charged with protecting the food supply. The collaboration promises to bolster the nation's safeguards, particularly for produce.

The week’s head-spinning moments: Expanded strained relations edition

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 21, 2014

A loud note of disharmony could be heard within the restaurant industry this week, particularly among its Italian combatants.

Obama Administration now has 1,000 government investigators targeting businesses for minimum wage violations

Dec. 09, 2014

Under President Obama, government officials are aggressively enforcing the law against employers who fail to pay the minimum wage, deny overtime compensation and misclassify workers as contractors.

Obamacare Watch: Rules of reporting

By Kelly Killian on Apr. 09, 2014

The Treasury delivered rules telling employers how they will need to track and report health care information to the IRS under the Affordable Care Act.

Workforce

3 trendlettes we’re watching

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 07, 2015

The beginning of the year brings an outpouring of predictions from industry watchers (including us; we did a whole series, including this one). Here are three that made few if any of those lists, yet are already looking like possible trends for 2015.

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