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For Restaurant Owners, Cybersecurity is a People Problem 

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Furthermore, Franchise Direct, as of 2018, determined that there were nearly 275,000 franchised restaurants in the United States. In 2018, Panerabread.com, a website where customers sign up to order food online for pickup in stores or for delivery, leaked millions of customer records. Without it, just one breach could spell the end.

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The Positives and Pitfalls of Third-Party Ordering 

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In 2018, Grubhub reported $5.1 Among the benefits, using a TPO service may lessen the burden of in-house delivery, which requires hiring delivery drivers and the cost of additional insurance policies. billion in food sales demonstrating a 34 percent increase from the prior year, according to the Associated Press.

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September/October 2020 and Elections Legal Update

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Proposition 22 requires companies with independent-contractor drivers to provide specified alternative benefits, including: minimum compensation and healthcare subsidies based on engaged driving time, vehicle insurance, safety training, and sexual harassment policies. These requirements for businesses will go into effect on January 1, 2023.

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Keeping a Safe Bar Environment on Busy Holidays

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Patrick’s Day weekend in 2019, 63 percent of car-related fatalities involved drunk drivers, and in 2018, 33 percent of pedestrians killed in car crashes over the holiday were intoxicated with a BAC over 0.08. This information does not amend, modify or supplement any insurance policy. Over the St.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

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Restaurant Workers Community Foundation was founded in 2018 to advocate for gender equality, racial justice, fair wages, and healthy work environments in the restaurant industry. Global insurance brokerage Hub International , is responding tonumerous inquiries asking for more guidance through the Coronavirus crisis.

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How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse

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In 2018, the efforts of unions and worker organizations led to the Supreme Court of California issuing a landmark decision in the case Dynamex Operations West, Inc. On a rainy afternoon in 2018, during a moment of surge pricing, a young Caviar delivery worker was racing to drop off orders when he was struck and killed by a car.

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When Robots Replace Restaurant Workers, We All Lose

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There’s no health insurance. between 2018 and 2019, as mobile ordering was rolled out in stores. And these are all problems that tech cannot fix. Restaurants don’t provide the minimum wage or job protections. There’s no paid leave, there’s no sick leave. They worked for Starbucks in Vancouver, B.C.