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In the minimum wage debate, restaurateurs are losing the war of words. It’s time to flip the script.

Calif. bill aims to protect immigrant customers

Legislation introduced this week would outlaw discrimination on the basis of citizenship, immigration status or language—not in employment but in customer service.

A bill designed to crack down on restaurants that don’t serve a full pint of beer was vetoed Monday by Gov. Paul LePage.

Protesting today along with restaurant employees are clergymen, Walmart workers and politicians.

Operators are scrambling to find ways to deal with the sudden or inevitable labor-cost increases.

Forty-eight of the 50 states don’t require restaurant workers to have allergen training. But that may be starting to change.

The state Senate has passed a bill that would prevent local jurisdictions from setting their own leave-time mandates.

State lawmakers won’t move forward with increasing liquor license fees by 50 percent.

Operators are using public demands for a higher wage to make their case for letting tips count toward a $15 minimum wage.

The state House approved a bill that would set a wage of $4 an hour for tipped employees, with the rest of the minimum wage presumed to come from gratuities.

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