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Pa. sets new overtime rules

Restaurant managers would need to earn 28% more than the new federal threshold to be ineligible for time-and-a-half pay.

Workforce

Holiday hiring outlook holds good and bad news for restaurants

Sixty-six percent of the industry’s prime labor pool intends to hunt for seasonal work. But where will they look?

Financing

Higher labor costs keep restaurant menu prices soaring

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 07, 2019

Restaurant prices are up 11% since 2015 and 3.2% over the past year, making up much of the industry’s growth, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Unemployment hits a 50-year low

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 04, 2019

But restaurant industry hiring continued to slow down in September.

Workforce

New program aims to create more restaurant cooks

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 01, 2019

The NRAEF has won a grant to set up an on-the-job learning program, its second apprenticeship initiative.

Workforce

Restaurants figure into NYC’s new immigrant protection rules

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 30, 2019

Mocking someone for an accent or lack of proficiency in English, or even using the term “illegal alien,” is now illegal.

Operations

McDonald’s will let you apply for a job over Alexa

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 25, 2019

Prospective employees can initiate a job application in the U.S. and several other countries through Google Assistant or Amazon Echo devices.

Financing

Restaurant industry job growth slows

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 06, 2019

Operators have clearly slowed hiring in recent months after years of breakneck growth, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Operations

McDonald’s boosting training to reduce workplace harassment

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 28, 2019

The company and its franchisees are introducing a program that focuses on improving the work environment at its U.S. locations.

Workforce

Jersey Mike’s settles ‘no-poaching’ lawsuit for $150K

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 27, 2019

Washington’s attorney general said the deal marks the 67th time a franchisor has agreed to drop a prohibition against intra-chain hiring.

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