regulation

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.

Workforce

Growth trend: beards

By Steve Coomes on May 14, 2014

How restaurants are addressing the growing beard trend.

Minnesota restaurants want break on tipped workers

Jan. 15, 2015

Restaurateurs are pushing for an exemption to last year's minimum wage increase that would allow them to pay a lower base wage to tipped workers.

Post-NRA Show attitude adjustments

By Peter Romeo on May 20, 2014

If colleagues attended the NRA Show and you didn’t, grant them some deep-thought time. They’re likely grappling with new necessities that mandate changes in their attitudes and ways of doing business. You may want to sit at their feet and get a download, Grasshopper.

Where smoking is still allowed

Feb. 04, 2015

Despite a renewed interested in smoking bans in several parts of the country, 16 states still allow smoking in bars and restaurants statewide. See which ones.

Was it something I said?

By Bill Main on Jul. 28, 1999

Spending your valuable time in the kitchen because you're always short one line cook? Frustrated that you spend more time interviewing and training employees than running your restaurant? Scratching your head because your servers keep leaving to work for the competition?

'No weapons' sign at restaurant draws fire after armed robbery

May 28, 2014

A N.C. barbecue joint with a no-guns policy was robbed at gunpoint, prompting concealed-carry proponents to spotlight the incident as validation that customers should be allowed to bear arms.

Va. bill would mandate food allergy training for restaurant work

Feb. 05, 2015

A measure already approved by one house of the state legislature would require restaurants to train servers on the fundamentals of protecting guests with food intolerances.

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