legislation

Paid sick leave bills spread like the flu

Mar. 19, 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he would make good on a campaign promise to expand the city’s paid sick leave law as soon as April 1.

Panera Bread CEO: Don't bring your guns into our restaurants

Sep. 09, 2014

Instead of setting a policy of no guns in stores, the bakery chain’s CEO requests that customers leave their firearms at home, citing the distraction from “Panera warmth.”

S.F. mayor announces minimum wage hike to $11.05 an hour

Nov. 03, 2014

Mayor Ed Lee raised the wage by just under 3 percent to meet the law’s cost-of-living-adjustment stipulation.

5 stocks that may be affected by FDA's new labeling regulations

Dec. 01, 2014

Investors are analyzing how the required disclosure of calories might affect the sales of some publicly owned restaurant companies. Here are five operators that are under scrutiny.

Senate leaders resurrect a bill to curb the NLRB

Jan. 30, 2015

The measure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander aims to “restore balance and bipartisanship,” McConnell says.

San Jose City Council backs Leno effort to raise state minimum wage

Mar. 12, 2015

San Jose has become the first city to call for a statewide rise in the hourly pay floor. Municipalities want the state to do the heavy lifting, leaving them to seek smaller raises on a local basis.

Miss. restaurant industry takes a stand against anti-gay law

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 08, 2016

Establishments are mounting a campaign to protect their tourism business.

Obamacare Watch: The doctor is in

By Kelly Killian on May 01, 2014

The National Restaurant Association is once again holding free one-on-one consultations during the NRA Show this month in Chicago.

The future is now—yikes!

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 12, 2014

We apologize in advance if this issue raises your dry-cleaning bill. The risk of spitting out coffee is definitely at Wet-Nap Four, and not because of surprises plumbed from the gee-wiz file.

Election results: higher wages, paid sick leave

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 05, 2014

Republicans might have triumphed in yesterday’s elections, but even solidly red states opted for wage hikes. Paid sick leave and legalization of marijuana also advanced.

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