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Prior to traveling internationally, it is best practice for individuals to visit a travel medicine specialist at least four to six weeks before their departure date to ensure that there is enough time to develop...
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Business Use of E-Scooters Presents New Challenges for Employers
Eric Lazzari needed to get across downtown for a meeting and decided to use an electric scooter, according to The Denver Post. He knew the law, and was properly operating the e-scooter on the sidewalk. While stopped at...
Susan Schaecher
Hotel Attack Statistics
The mass murderer who used the MGM Mandalay Bay as a gunner’s perch to kill 59 people and wound 452 on 1 October 2017 shocked the hotel industry. Cries of, “we’ve never seen hotel violence like this,” and...
Jeff Moore
Would You Like Fries And A Political Opinion With That? Regulating Employee Buttons, Pins, And Insignia In The Workplace
Burgers and buttons are making headlines again. Employees at Burgerville—a fast-food restaurant chain in the Pacific Northwest—recently took to wearing buttons to work and were sent home for the day. These buttons were...
Fisher & Phillips
Tips, Service Charges, and Automatic Gratuities Continue to Cause Problems for Employers
Hospitality employers nationwide continue to be hit with class action lawsuits alleging failure to properly pay/distribute tips, as well as failure to correctly characterize service charges and automatic gratuities. ...
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HospitalityLawyer.comKnowing Water Freezes Does NOT Mean Defendant Should Foresee that Water Will Freeze at a Certain Location
Businesses can control many factors on their property, but they cannot control the weather or alter the laws of physics. Water freezes at 32°F. Ice is slippery. Everybody knows the basic facts of the physical properties...
Brian Cafritz
Cassie GrenemeierFive Tips for Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets
Protecting your trade secrets and proprietary information is a vital part of your business. Every company needs to have policies and agreements in place to prevent employees from stealing property, and wrongfully...
David Barron
Eckert SeamansCourt Finds that Restaurant Complied with California Law by Requiring Employees Purchasing Discounted Meals to Eat their Meals on Premises
In California, generally an employer may not employ a non-exempt employee for a work period of more than five hours per day without providing the employee with a meal period that may be taken off the premises. Yet, in...
Megan ShakedLATEST IN SAFETY, SECURITY, & RISK MANAGEMENT:
Winter Is Coming…So What Should Employers Do To Prepare?
As readers of epic fantasy novels and viewers of a certain cable TV-show know all too well, winter is most definitely coming. Your radio is already playing holiday music, the shiny decorations are already out in malls...
Maxwell LeitschuhRisk Management: Attendee Health Issues/Illness
In order to have the most comprehensive risk management plan, you have to cover a wide array of situations that can impact your meeting. It is easy to think of the big things, like storms, terrorist attacks and other...
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Lasting Effects of the #MeToo Movement
It has been about a year since the #MeToo movement went viral, spreading greater awareness about sexual misconduct and harassment, and, more generally, the role of women, in the workplace. So, where are we now, and has...
Beeta Lashkari
I-9 Audits On The Rise- ICE Increasing Worksite Enforcement Audits By 400%
In July 2018, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that in the last six months, it issued 5,200 notices of inspection to employers in the U.S. in order to audit their Form I-9 Employment...
Eileen Momblanco
TABC Legal Services Division to Host Continuing Education for Alcohol Industry Attorneys
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s Legal Services Division will host a free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) session highlighting some of the most common issues and questions related to upholding the...
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Knowing Water Freezes Does NOT Mean Defendant Should Foresee that Water Will Freeze at a Certain Location
Businesses can control many factors on their property, but they cannot control the weather or alter the laws of physics. Water freezes at 32°F. Ice is slippery. Everybody knows the basic facts of the physical properties...
The Most Aggressive Privacy Law in the U.S.: Tracking the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
Signed into law on June 28, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act provides the most comprehensive and aggressive privacy law in the United States — despite being pushed through the legislative process in one week...
Faegre Baker Daniels
Disease Threats: How to Secure the Corporate Workplace
A proactive approach to local and international disease threats is an essential and often overlooked safeguard to business productivity and duty of care. Human capital is arguably worth more to a business than tangible...
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In-flight Emergency: Cabin Depressurization
Several high-profile incidents have highlighted the issue of cabin depressurization on airliners. While some cabin pressure incidents can cause serious injuries or even fatalities, most pose little threat to passengers...
When The Government Wants Your Property: Eminent Domain – How It Works & How To Be Prepared
Eminent domain is the power of the government, or a private actor granted that power by the government, to acquire property for public use. We generally view this a necessary nuisance for a functioning society as the...
Clint Schumacher
Matthew FeinbergIs Your Company Car Exposing Sensitive Data To Hackers?
If your business is like most others, you probably store a lot of sensitive data in an electronic format. And if your business takes proper precautions, you probably utilize sophisticated cybersecurity systems to...
Mark Gomsak
Elizabeth Brunins
