immigration

Workforce

ICE actions against employers double so far this year

Immigration officials have uncovered twice as many alleged instances of improper documentation since September as they did for the prior 12 months.

Operations

This week's restaurant nightmares: Royal pains

Burger King riles a whole country, ICE savors the handiwork of the very people it’s apprehending, restaurants discover an unknown party is running their websites, and a dress code is slammed as racist.

This time, 77 businesses, including an unspecified number of restaurants, were alerted that all employees' I-9 forms would be checked. The demand landed employers in a tug of war between federal and state authorities.

The civic leader made the extraordinary move of warning local businesses and residents, saying she hoped to avert panic.

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

Immigrant workers are being encouraged to skip work Thursday in a protest against President Trump's changes in U.S. immigration policy, and consumers of foreign origin are being asked not to spend money. Many restaurants have already said they'll close for the day in a show of solidarity--and perplexity at how to keep operating.

Facing a shallow labor pool and stepped-up enforcement by the Feds, the restaurant industry is putting pressure on lawmakers to ramp up immigration reform. And change may be closer than you think.

The Figure Drawing course I took in college hardly qualifies me to be an art critic. (Full disclosure: My enrollment in that class may have been more about shouldering up to a cute guy and earning some “easy credits” than a genuine love of the arts.) But one doesn’t need a fine arts degree to appreciate the power of Natalie Sept’s paintings.

CHICAGO (September 6, 2011)—Millennials account for over 13 billion of the 59 billion visits made to foodservice establishments in 2010 and spent $73...

How do you attract Hispanics to your restaurant? An early-morning session at the Restaurant Leadership Conference answered that question.

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