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Monthly Archives: August 2016

Hotels and Restaurants; Prime Real Estate for Slip and Fall Accidents

by in Food & Beverage, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted August 26, 2016
By David B. Willis, MemberEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC – Boston Slip and falls are the number one cause of accidents in hotels, restaurants and public buildings according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Injuries from a seemingly incidental fall here or trip there are estimated to cost some $70 billion annually according to ...
Tags Eckert Seamans Insurance Legal Issue Lodging Risk Management Safety and Security
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On the Sideboard: Tip Deductions, Side Work, and Meal Credits

by in Food & Beverage, Legal. Posted August 22, 2016
by Wendy McGuire Coats and Rochelle Nelson What kinds of employment-related issues are other restaurants facing? Here’s a quick look this summer’s court activity. No Deductions in Tips for Cash Deliveries. A restaurant chain came under fire for violating federal wage and hour laws by deducting cash handling fees from its employee’s tips. The restaurant ...
Tags Labor and Employment Tips & Tipping
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The Attack on the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel That Never Happened

by in Lodging, Safety & Security. Posted August 8, 2016
Fred Burton of Stratfor reflects on his “experience as a counter terrorism agent for the U.S. State Department” with this piece on the investigation surrounding the terrorist infatuation with this popular and historic New York hotel. He covers his teams approach to stop the attack cycle and analyzes  their “counter-surveillance methods” Click here to download ...
Tags Lodging Safety and Security
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Accommodating Transgender Guests in Hotel Restrooms, Locker Rooms Is a Balancing Act

by in Human Resources, Legal, Lodging, Travel. Posted August 5, 2016
If you work in the hospitality industry, you no doubt realize that for all of the hotel rooms around the globe, there is no room for discrimination. Claims of bias can have devastating consequences on a brand as well as rippling economic effects. To put that into perspective, the NBA’s recent decision to pull its ...
Tags Labor and Employment Legal Issue Lodging
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