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A landmark series of measures directly aimed at restaurants will require scheduling shifts two weeks in advance, increasing current employees' hours before new hires are made, and deducting charitable contributions from workers' paychecks upon request.

The Department of Labor has rolled back an effort to make franchisors responsible for franchisees' labor practices and policies.

The nation's worsening drug problem is spilling into restaurants, and that's not the only negative carryover from other realms. Overtime lawsuits are proliferating while new regulations are on hold. But there is some good news among the week's most noticeable developments.