government

FTC looks at regulating restaurant service fees, delivery charges

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 11, 2023

The regulatory agency is seeking another round of public comment on what rules should be adopted to combat "junk fees."

A small NYC board game concept tests new labor organizing rules

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 09, 2023

Working Lunch: This week's podcast from Align Public Strategies features a discussion on a unionization effort at Hex and Co., a three-unit cafe-game concept out of New York. Also, how the GOP meltdown could affect small business.

Workforce

Starbucks asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide on a union issue

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 04, 2023

The coffee chain wants the nation's highest court to decide if employees were truly dismissed because of their union activities.

Workforce

N.Y. launches program to turn more immigrant asylum seekers into restaurant and hotel workers

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 03, 2023

Under a new initiative championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state is serving as a matchmaker between the new arrivals and prospective employers.

Operations

Federal court orders a Subway franchisee to close or sell their restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 02, 2023

The judge awarded nearly $1 million in back pay and damages to employees of a Bay Area 14-unit Subway operator after finding they issued bad checks, kept tips and violated child labor laws.

Leadership

Force behind Calif.'s $15 wage is named the state's new U.S. senator

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 02, 2023

Laphonza Butler comes to the job after spending much of her career leading the SEIU's California chapter.

Topics

Starbucks is ordered to give union baristas a pay raise

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 29, 2023

A court has decided the workers are entitled to the same increase their nonunion colleagues were awarded last year.

Workforce

Calif. Gov. Newsom signs landmark fast-food wage bill into law

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 28, 2023

The law, a compromise between restaurant and labor groups, will pave the way for a $20 minimum wage for 557,000 fast-food workers in the state on April 1, followed by annual wage hikes.

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