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Levy Restaurants sued over minimum wage at U.S. Cellular Field

 May 29, 2014

A former employee is suing the company, which also operates Spiaggia and Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe in Chicago, claiming it improperly counts a tip credit toward employee wages.

How the First Lady’s latest “move” affects restaurants

 By Joann Whitcher on Oct. 03, 2013

Are you using cartoon characters to market not-so-healthy meals to kids? The First Lady would like you to stop.

Workforce

The trouble with tips

By Steve Brooks on Jun. 17, 2014

Business- crushing lawsuits and tedious rules have some operators debating whether it’s time to topple the practice of tipping completely.

Restaurant playgrounds would need frequent cleaning under Illinois proposal

Mar. 12, 2015

A proposal under consideration in the statehouse would mandate that indoor play areas be cleaned at least once daily.

NRA: 5 steps to get ready for the Affordable Care Act

Oct. 23, 2013

The Affordable Care Act is moving forward. Is your restaurant business ready? Here are five steps you can take to better understand the law’s impact on your business and your employees.

Labor and small businesses team up on California franchising law

Aug. 14, 2014

A bill already approved by the state senate would limit franchisors’ grounds for terminating franchisees.

Dine safe King County

Mar. 26, 2015

The findings reveal that the simplest rating systems, like letter grades or a percentage score, may not be as useful as proponents hoped.

Obamacare: Next steps

By Dina Berta on Dec. 09, 2013

Restaurant operators are gearing up for the next major phase of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act: counting employee hours. Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, businesses must begin monthly accounting of employee hours to determine their status under the law and whether they will be required to provide health insurance to their full-time workers in 2015.

Financing

The new age of credit cards

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 08, 2014

In little more than a year, restaurants are going to have to change the way they accept payment—and many are likely to be unprepared.

US Foods exec says his company is losing patience

May 12, 2015

If the court issues an injunction to block a merger with Sysco, the industry’s second largest distributor will go its own way.

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