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Court Stresses the Need for a Business to Provide an Accessibility Statement on its Website

by in Food & Beverage, Legal, Lodging, Technology. Posted January 23, 2020
In 2018 and 2019, there were approximately 5,000 federal lawsuits filed against hotels, restaurants, stores, and other places of public accommodation alleging that their websites violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). In all likelihood this number of lawsuits will increase in 2020 now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to ...
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Tips, Service Charges, and Automatic Gratuities Continue to Cause Problems for Employers

by in Human Resources, Legal. Posted November 22, 2018
Hospitality employers nationwide continue to be hit with class action lawsuits alleging failure to properly pay/distribute tips, as well as failure to correctly characterize service charges and automatic gratuities.  These lawsuits have the potential to result in verdicts or settlement amounts more costly than virtually any other employment-related matter.  As a result, it is important to ...
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New Wave of ADA Website Lawsuits

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Technology. Posted June 5, 2018
Recently, there have been a slew of lawsuits filed across the country alleging that owners and operators of hotels and other places of lodging are using websites that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). These lawsuits are different than the wave of lawsuits and demand letters sent to so many hotels and other places ...
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Businesses Should Prepare For Predictive Scheduling Laws

by in Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Legal. Posted September 5, 2017
Last month, Victoria’s Secret agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class action lawsuit in California brought by hourly employees that were denied pay as a result of the store’s use of on-call shift scheduling.  In that lawsuit, the employees relied on a California law requiring employees, who report for work on a scheduled ...
Tags Conn Maciel Carey Food & Beverage Lawsuits Legal Issue Scheduling
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A New Trend — States Banning Questions Regarding Salary

by in Human Resources, Legal. Posted May 24, 2017
In light of the current political climate and the corresponding lack of legislation being enacted at the federal level, some of the more liberal states and localities have begun to take matters into their own hands and enact their own legislation.   One trend that is starting to gain significant momentum is in the field of ...
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