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IRS releases new Affordable Care Act guidance on the employer mandate
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- January 8 2013
As we blogged about previously, the Affordable Care Act provides unique compliance obligations for hospitality employers, many of whom employ large
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. settles its beef with wait staff for $5 million
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- May 7 2012
The restaurant and hospitality industries are no strangers to the tidal wave of wage and hour class action lawsuits
Aftershocks from D.C.'s "labor law earthquake" likely to be felt throughout the U.S. hospitality industry
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- September 15 2011
On August 23, 2011 the Washington D.C. area experienced a 5.9 magnitude earthquake
Wage & Hour Division continues enforcement actions against Virginia hotels
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- June 3 2011
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in Norfolk, Virginia has announced that it will be stepping up its compliance audits and enforcement efforts against area hotels
N.Y. Court allows restaurant servers to pursue class claims against Batali restaurants due to tip policy
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- May 13 2011
On May 10, 2011, the Southern District of New York conditionally certified a collective action against eight New York metropolitan area restaurants owned by celebrity chef Mario Batali alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Housekeepers use OSHA as a weapon against hospitality employers
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- April 26 2011
As we reported in our blog post in November of 2010, hotel housekeepers across the nation launched a concerted program of filing complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) alleging a range of ergonomic and chemical exposure injuries sustained on the job
Maryland restaurant owner who also worked as a bartender is ineligible to receive tips
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- March 16 2011
A Maryland federal court recently ruled in Gionfriddo v. Jason Zink LLC that the owner and operator of two taverns could not qualify as a “tipped employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and the Maryland Wage and Hour Law despite that he also worked as a bartender at his establishments
Union solicitation - strategies for the hospitality industry
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- February 9 2011
In recent weeks the Obama Administration's National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") has been very active in soliciting public comments and amicus briefs on a wide range of decisions and proposed regulations that could drastically change the labor relations landscape
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
Hotel housekeepers file OSHA complaints nationwide
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- November 18 2010
Last week, on November 9, 2010, housekeepers employed by Hyatt Hotels filed complaints with OSHA alleging injuries sustained on the job
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