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Restaurants’ ‘micro unions’ quashed by NLRB

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2017

The board's decision closes an alternate route to organizing staffers.

Operations

Top restaurant newsmakers of 2017

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 27, 2017

Count Mother Nature squarely among the parties generating the loudest buzz, along with a hotelier in a new job and a one-time online bookseller.

Operations

Was Trump good or bad for restaurants?

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 30, 2017

Year one brought plenty of breaks, but also some frustrations.

Operations

New year brings slew of new laws for restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 02, 2018

It's now illegal in some places to ask job applicants certain questions, or to serve some Asian dishes.

Workforce

DOL offers relief on health insurance costs

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 04, 2018

Small businesses like restaurants would be able to pool their purchasing might for greater economies of scale, or even to self-insure.

Workforce

5 things restaurants need to know about this week's immigration raids

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 11, 2018

Here's what went down and what it foreshadows for employers.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Research run amok

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 12, 2018

New reports make the case for expanding menu labeling to all restaurants and adopting a nationwide soda tax. It's enough to make you want to crave a $300 breakfast at Denny's.

Operations

IRS provides guidelines for adjusting to new tax law

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 17, 2018

The agency has issued new schedules for computing how much to withhold from employees' paychecks under the reform package that became law right before Christmas.

Food

Panera to the FDA: Define 'egg'

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 19, 2018

In a shot to its competitors, Panera petitions the government to improve food transparency around eggs.

Workforce

‘Joint employer’ dealt another critical blow

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 22, 2018

A decision last week underscores a change in how the NLRB views a franchisor's accountability for the actions of franchisees.

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