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July/August 2020 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. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste. Litigation.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

” RWCF is compiling an extensive list of resources and links related to the COVID-19 Crisis on its website, and, soon, we will collect data (qualitative and quantitative) from affected workers and restaurant owners so that we can work with local and national leaders to address the systemic issues the COVID19 pandemic has exposed. .

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November/December 2020 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. For the most part, courts have upheld dining restrictions due to public safety concerns. Litigation.

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Surviving COVID-19: 7 Financing Options for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) were also a hot commodity, but the government has since limited application to the agriculture industry—so they're not any use to restaurant owners at this time. That means if you get a line of credit as a safety net for an emergency and never use it, you won't have to pay anything for it.

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Grocery Store Shortages Are Back. Here’s Why.

EATER

began paying attention to food supply chains in a new way. Once again, experts and food companies say that there is plenty of food in the country, but a bundle of factors along the supply chain appear to be preventing it from getting to shoppers. We don’t have a problem with farms producing enough food.

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When to Send Restaurant Workers Home Sick

360Training

As a restaurant owner or manager, you know your customers want delicious food—that’s free from bacteria and other pathogens. While handwashing, food temperature monitoring, and other safety measures keep foodborne illness at bay, if you have a sick employee, there’s only so much these measures can do.

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Essential Food Workers Are at Unique Risk for COVID-19. Some Are Fighting Back.

EATER

More than 43,000 meatpacking and food processing workers have tested positive for COVID-19 this year This story was originally published on Civil Eats. “A That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. A nightmare.”.

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