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Tip credit opponents play the gender card in NY

 By Peter Romeo on Aug. 20, 2021

Groups such as One Fair Wage intend to ask the state's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, to close the gender wage gap by disallowing the concession for restaurants.

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Raising Cane’s to offer free college tuition for workers

 By Heather Lalley on Aug. 09, 2021

Amid a tight labor market, the fast casual is adding its name to the growing list of restaurants sweetening benefits with free or reduced-cost educational programs.

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Should restaurants require worker vaccinations? It’s complicated

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 03, 2021

As mask mandates return, employee vaccine requirements could go further. But for restaurants facing a labor shortage after a brutal year face challenges doing so. And maybe shouldn’t do that at all.

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Indies bump wages to compete in a tight labor market

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 03, 2021

But the move has a ripple effect on already tight margins, adding to stress and uncertainty for small restaurant operators.

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Where restaurants see a margin squeeze, workers find financial hope

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 03, 2021

Realistic or not, a $15 wage holds the promise of a better life for restaurant employees.

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How $15 went from a labor activist dream to an industry standard

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 03, 2021

More cities and states are taking their minimums to $15. Big companies are raising their wages in advance of those moves. The impact has changed the economics of the industry.

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At McDonald’s, higher pay and benefits start yielding results

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 03, 2021

The burger giant and its franchisees are getting more applications, and argue that people who start their careers at one of their restaurants have better financial security later in life.

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White House offers to pick up some family leave charges

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 30, 2021

Restaurants and other small businesses would be reimbursed for paying workers who need time off to have their families vaccinated.

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Much-criticized old definition of 'joint employer' is officially back

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 29, 2021

Reverting back to a looser standard is likely to expose more franchisors to litigation arising from franchisees' labor practices.

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BK franchisee is hit with $559,000 charge for failing to provide sick-leave pay

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 29, 2021

The fines and back pay extend back to the first day Chicago's law went into effect. The penalty is the largest ever assessed for violations of the city's labor laws.

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