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CARES Act Stimulus Will Permit Business Loans To Cover Payroll, Expand Unemployment

by Fisher Phillips in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal. Posted March 31, 2020

Businesses struggling with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis received good news late last night when the Senate passed an unprecedented piece of legislation aimed at providing a massive stimulus to workplaces and employees alike. The centerpiece of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act would allow small- and medium-sized businesses ...

COVID-19’s Impact On Extensions of Credit and Returns in the Alcohol Beverage Industry

by Elizabeth DeConti in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Food & Beverage, Legal. Posted March 28, 2020

The ripple effects of governmental response to COVID-19 are being felt in all tiers of the alcohol beverage industry. State and local orders closing restaurants, bars, and other on-premises retailers of alcoholic beverages have left many retailers trying to find creative ways to recover their losses. One solution to recover cash and prevent waste is ...

March Update on How Employers Can Respond to COVID-19 with FAQs

by Kara Maciel in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted March 10, 2020

Since publishing our previous post last month, there have been a number of significant developments related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus – now officially called “COVID-19.” Notably, during the week of February 23, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) reported community spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 in California, Oregon, and Washington. ...

Comprehensive And Updated FAQs For Employers On The COVID-19 Coronavirus

by Fisher Phillips in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted March 10, 2020

LAST UPDATED: April 13, 2020 Fisher Phillips has assembled a cross-disciplinary taskforce of attorneys across the country to address the many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The COVID-19 Taskforce has created a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document, which has been continually updated since first published on March 3 and ...

How Employers Can Respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

by Conn Maciel Carey in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management. Posted February 13, 2020

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV” or “coronavirus”) is a respiratory illness that, with its spread to the United States, is raising important issues for employers. This guide explains the outbreak, the legal implications of it, and how employers should be responding now to employees who might have the virus, are caring for affected family members, ...

Predictive Scheduling Marches Onward

by Edward Harold in Human Resources, Legal. Posted February 8, 2020

Perhaps no industry in history has been targeted for its basic employment requirements like the retail industry has been targeted over scheduling practices. The philosophy behind the rise of these ordinances is that having a predictable schedule is critical to employees. In the decision of Ward v. Tilly’s, in fact, the California Court of Appeal ...

Franchisees, Subsidiaries, and Affiliates Beware: California’s New Privacy Law May Apply To You, Too

by Usama Kahf in Legal, Technology. Posted January 30, 2020

Many small or solo franchisees, subsidiaries, and affiliates of larger businesses may think the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), does not apply to you because you don’t meet one of the three threshold criteria. Your annual revenue is under $25 million, you do not annually collect the personal information of 50,000 or more California residents, households or ...

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

by Jordan Schwartz 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 ...

Recent Trends in Hotel Violence, Insurance, and Legal Liabilities

by Jeff Moore in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted January 18, 2020

“A hotel has a duty to adopt reasonable security measures to protect guests from foreseeable harm. Foreseeability can be established from past circumstances that are likely to be repeated.” Judge Karen Morris, “Hotel security requires vigilant attention,” Hotel Management, 19 August 2019. In this brief, Jeff M. Moore, PhD, will discuss recent trends in hotel ...

CBD In F & B

by Andria Ryan in Food & Beverage, Legal. Posted December 26, 2019

There’s a lot of confusion and questions about CBD products and what it means for CBD-related industries, especially those in the food and beverage industry. The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the “Farm Bill,” removed industrial hemp and products derived from it, including CBD, from the Schedule I list of drugs under ...

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