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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. Under the ruling, California restaurants may still not serve foie gras to California consumers. Litigation.

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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. The Court ruled that under California law, PAGA claims could not be compelled into arbitration. Litigation. Legislation.

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Exempt Vs. Non-Exempt Employees: What’s The Difference?

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Deciding how to classify exempt vs. non-exempt employees can be confusing at first. Exempt Vs. Non-Exempt Employees And The FLSA. It’s the first two standards — minimum wage and overtime pay — that directly apply to our discussion of exempt vs. non-exempt employees. What Is An Exempt Employee? Minimum Wage.

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

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That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. In a statement to Civil Eats, Tyson denied allegations of wrongdoing, but this Arkansas employee is hardly the only one sharing concerns about working conditions in meat processing plants during the pandemic. A nightmare.”. According to the complaint, white workers make up 34.5

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

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Due to the Covid-19 outbreak effect on the restaurant industry, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine is compiling a list of resources available for restaurant owners, operators and managers. The National Restaurant Association has provided a list of best practices to ensure business continuity.

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Coffee News Recap, 16 Sep: Brazilian coffee export revenue up by 61.4% in 2022, EU votes in favour of anti-deforestation law & other stories

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Following the restoration of Saudi Arabia-Thailand relations, Café Amazon opened its first store in Riyadh’s InterHealth Hospital. European Union parliament votes in favour of new anti-deforestation laws. The majority of employees at the company’s 17 Kentucky locations voted in favour of unionisation. Thu, 15 Sep.

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The Great Shortage

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Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. At its start, the pandemic brought us images of vast trenches of rotting onions, piles of abandoned produce, and lakes of wasted milk, dumped by farmers who no longer had restaurants to buy their products.