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2022 Restaurant Insurance Update

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurant sector is gaining steam after coming out of a two-year pandemic that shuttered doors and curbed eatery revenues dramatically. According to the National Restaurant Association , the dining industry should generate $899 billion in revenues in 2022. What are the big insurance issues impacting restaurants going forward?

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Q1 2022 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Recent opinions in favor of insurance companies include a March 16, 2022 unpublished Ninth Circuit pane opinion in Steven Baker v.

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An Insider’s Advice About Restaurant Insurance: Six Ways to Reduce Your Costs

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Restaurant insurance is complicated. Just as owners have to play many roles in management, marketing, and menus, their insurance has to protect their finances, patrons, and employees. And who has the time to read a 100-page insurance policy? These are often excluded from standard policies and be potentially costly.

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Restaurant Groups Offering Benefit Plans Should Be Thinking About These 2022 Legal Challenges

Modern Restaurant Management

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. With the beginning of the 2022 year, it is appropriate to look at the impact and potential implications of new and pending regulations and legislation.

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What is a Tip Credit? How They Work, Calculations, Laws, and More

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Tip credits are just another part of tipping that make restaurant employee compensation complex. State and local laws on tip credits. Labor cost is typically a restaurant's most considerable expense. If tips do not exceed the tip credit, the restaurant must make up the difference in hourly wage for the pay period.

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March/April 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The law will become effective on March 29, 2021, and applies retroactively to sick leave taken beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

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Protecting Your Restaurant Against a Data Breach

Modern Restaurant Management

However, data breaches can happen to restaurant chains and small eateries alike. Restaurants can reduce the risk of cyber attacks by taking these proactive measures: Make sure your restaurant is Payment Card Industry (PCI) certified. Notify your insurance agent or carrier. The best offense is truly a good defense.