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Monthly Archives: August 2018

The Unique Challenges of Data Security in the Hospitality Industry

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Risk Management, Technology. Posted August 30, 2018
The hospitality industry has been in the news frequently over the past year as a result of multiple and significant data security incidents. Nationally recognized hotel and resort brands continue to suffer by cyber-attacks, including theft of payment card data from their retail and food/beverage outlets, and at times theft of guest data from reservations ...
Tags Cyber Security Data Security Eckert Seamans Hotels Loss Prevention
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Court Finds that Restaurant Complied with California Law by Requiring Employees Purchasing Discounted Meals to Eat their Meals on Premises

by in Food & Beverage, Legal. Posted August 28, 2018
In California, generally an employer may not employ a non-exempt employee for a work period of more than five hours per day without providing the employee with a meal period that may be taken off the premises. Yet, in the restaurant industry employers often provide employees free or discounted meals to be eaten on the ...
Tags California Conn Maciel Carey Employees Restaurants
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The Most Aggressive Privacy Law in the U.S.: Tracking the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Technology. Posted August 14, 2018
Signed into law on June 28, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act provides the most comprehensive and aggressive privacy law in the United States — despite being pushed through the legislative process in one week. The California State Legislature will reconvene from Summer Recess on Monday, August 6, and it is expected to reevaluate the ...
Tags California Faegre Baker Daniels Privacy
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Mitigating Risk for Rogue Employee Speech

by in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Risk Management. Posted August 9, 2018
Generally, employers can be held vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of an employee committed within the scope of his or her employment.  This often arises in the context of negligence cases, such as automobile and workplace accidents.  However, employers can also be held liable for defamatory statements made by their employees when those statements ...
Tags Conn Maciel Carey Defamation Labor and Employment
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California Supreme Court Rejects De Minimis Doctrine for Off-The-Clock Work Claims

by in Human Resources, Legal. Posted August 7, 2018
On July 26, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued a decision entitled Douglas Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, No. S234969, which should be of concern to all California employers. The specific issue was whether, in tracking the compensable time of its non-exempt employees, Starbucks could ignore minutes that they spend closing up after they clock out ...
Tags Buchalter California Employment Law Labor and Employment Wages
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