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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Operations

In their search for labor, restaurants turn to ex-offenders

A new program works to ease the industry's labor problem, and lighten a societal problem, by getting people who've run afoul of the law into restaurant jobs. Operators praise the results.

Workforce

Calif. franchisees pay $2.2M to settle tip and pay complaints

The Saravanaa Bhava operators also have to apologize personally to 317 employees.

Workforce

Union behind California's fast-food wage law try to derail efforts to overturn it

The SEIU has asked state officials to halt employers' drive for a referendum, saying they're cheating.

Operations

Restaurants' business week is shrinking as pandemic effects linger, study finds

The average U.S. restaurant is open 6.4 fewer hours a week because of the inability to find workers, according to a study from Datassential.

Financing

Restaurant group offers $10K in aid to operations impacted by Hurricane Ian

At least a third of the money has to be channeled down to a recipient's employees.

Leadership

Why Nov. 8 ballots might look a little different to restaurateurs in some areas

Working Lunch: Ranked choice voting is spreading quickly, and the result could be less polarization of the political process

Workforce

Contract negotiations between Starbucks and union workers have already broken down

The two sides can't agree on what form the meetings should take. About 40 were set between now and Nov. 10.

Workforce

Warning of a possible COVID surge, the White House urges businesses to act now

The Biden administration has issued new recommendations for protecting workers as the nation heads into fall and winter.

Workforce

How’s the industry doing on DEI? Depends on whom you ask

New research shows a marked difference in the assessments of employers and employees.

Workforce

Restaurants get a new tool for realizing the business payback of DEI

The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance has developed a step-by-step how-to guide.

Workforce

Strike against Sysco's New England operations is settled

Workers at a Boston-area facility say they won an $11-an-hour raise, along with other concessions, ending a nearly three-week strike.

Operations

Van Leeuwen chain to pay NYC $33K for refusing to take cash

The city banned no-cash businesses in 2020. The ice cream chain plans to install "reverse ATMs" that load cash amounts onto cards.

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