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Operations

Cities roll back restaurant vaccine mandates as omicron sputters

 By Peter Romeo on Feb. 24, 2022

Chicago, New York, Seattle and a number of other jurisdictions are modifying the safety protocols. But masks are not disappearing.

Financing

Restaurant associations ask IRS for grace time because of tax-help delays

 By Peter Romeo on Feb. 23, 2022

The National Restaurant Association and its 52 affiliates said time is needed for ERTC requests to be processed.

Operations

The National Restaurant Association has new leadership

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 18, 2022

Working Lunch: Align Public Strategies’ Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley discuss Michelle Korsmo’s qualifications. They also discuss Starbucks’ continuing unionization issue.

Workforce

Michigan tries a way of easing more parents back into the labor pool

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 15, 2022

The state is expanding a program that aims to make child care accessible by dividing the cost between employees, employers and the state.

Food

Import of Mexican avocados halted on the eve of guac's big day

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 14, 2022

A day before the Super Bowl, American officials halted imports into the U.S. because of threats made to an inspector stationed south of the border.

Workforce

California brings back extended paid leave, gives restaurants a tax break

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 10, 2022

Workers are now entitled to up to 80 hours of pay while they nurse themselves or a family member back from a case of COVID-19.

Operations

Restaurants to governments: Ditch the mask mandates, but to-go booze can stay

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 09, 2022

As omicron ebbs, the industry is leaning on governments to end some emergency measures and make others permanent.

Financing

The FTC takes a rare step in suing Burgerim

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 08, 2022

The agency has only rarely enforced franchise regulations. But there is a mounting push to take more aggressive steps, in part because of problems like this one.

Financing

Pennsylvania eyes more aid for small businesses

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2022

Gov. Wolf says $225 million of $1.7 billion in funding from the federal government should go to restaurants and other enterprises with less than $1 million in pre-pandemic revenues.

Workforce

California to mandate 2 more weeks of paid leave

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 27, 2022

The requirement, applicable to any restaurant or other company employing at least 26 people, would be retroactive to Jan. 1 and be in effect until at least Sept. 30.

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