EBG is holding its annual NY briefing for clients and friends on Oct. 28. This full-day program will feature a special, two-hour workshop just for employers in the hospitality and retail industries, updating the many recent and significant labor and employment law developments affecting the industry. We will provide real-world guidance on how to manage the risks your company faces from increasingly aggressive plaintiffs’ lawyers and government investigators who have openly and unabashedly targeted the industry.
Topics on the workshop agenda include:
- Wage and hour class actions and government investigations: The prime targets are the misclassification of employees, the failure to provide or pay for meal and rest periods, tip pooling, and the failure to reimburse for business expenses, including uniforms. These pitfalls are eminently avoidable – learn how.
- Union organizing: UNITE HERE, SEIU, and other unions are continuing to aggressively target employees in the hospitality industry and they are newly emboldened by an increasingly union-friendly legal and political environment. Understanding why employees reach out for, or are receptive to, a union is the key to remaining union-free.
- Leave laws and other hot-button issues: ADA and FMLA requests – and, often, legal action – tend to increase during tough economic times, as do discrimination and retaliation charges. We will address the most common issues faced by hospitality employers in these and a host of other areas, including OSHA and immigration.
Come for the workshop; stay for the day! The workshop for hospitality employers is part of a day-long briefing covering a wide range of labor and employment challenges all employers are facing these days. We invite you to view the full agenda and join us for the entire program.