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Employees working dual jobs: better watch out for the tricky wage & hour issues

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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December 20 2011

The holiday season is often the busiest time of the year for hospitality employers

NLRB deflates Hotel Bel-Air's severance agreements to union employees

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 9 2012

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has ruled that negotiations between the Hotel Bel-Air and UNITE HERE Local 11 were not at impasse when the employer implemented its last, best final offer, which included severance payments to union employees

Holiday alert for foreign travel

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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November 23 2011

The holiday season often means increased international travel as Americans go on vacation and foreign nationals return home to see family and friends

Hidden challenges with pulling real estate assets out of the ditch

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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December 14 2009

The economic meltdown has left many hospitality development projects in a ditch, but as 2010 approaches, some hospitality real estate projects may be ripe for new life

Health reform's unique impact on hospitality employers

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 12 2010

Over six months ago, Congress passed the most significant and comprehensive health reform law ("PPACA") that employers have faced in decades

Five things all hoteliers need to know now about health reform

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 21 2010

Six months ago, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA" or "the Act"), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

California Supreme Court announces major victory for hospitality employers: no private right of action for tip-pooling claims under Labor Code Section 351

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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August 10 2010

The California Supreme Court has announced what can only be considered a major victory for hospitality employers in California

Fifth Circuit rules that hotel workers on H-2B visas are not entitled to recoup visa expenses under FLSA

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 26 2010

On October 1, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided Castellanos-Contreras v. Decatur Hotels LLC, No. 07-30942 (5th Cir. Oct. 1, 2010) (en banc

Hospitality immigration update

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 27 2010

On October 4, 2010, the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), issued a proposed rule that would require employers to pay H-2B andAmerican workers recruited in connection with an H-2B job application a “wage that meetsor exceeds the highest of: the prevailing wage, the federal minimum wage, the state minimumwage or the local minimum wage.”

Restaurant waives overtime defense under FLSA

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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December 21 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Diaz v. Jaguar Rest. Group, LLC underscores the importance for hospitality employers to know which job duties their employees are performing in order to assert every potentially applicable affirmative defense when answering an employee’s FLSA lawsuit for non-payment of overtime

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