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HospitalityLawyer.comIn 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...
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Megan Shaked
Faegre Baker DanielsMitigating Risk for Rogue Employee Speech
Generally, employers can be held vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of an employee committed within the scope of his or her employment. This often arises in the context of negligence cases, such as automobile...
Daniel Deacon
Cassie SteeleDisease 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...
World AwareLATEST IN SAFETY, SECURITY, & RISK MANAGEMENT:
Mitigating Risk for Rogue Employee Speech
Generally, employers can be held vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of an employee committed within the scope of his or her employment. This often arises in the context of negligence cases, such as automobile...
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...
Paul Denney
Clint SchumacherLATEST IN LEGAL & HUMAN RESOURCES:
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...
Boosting Team Morale And Productivity In Your Hospitality Business
The success of your hospitality business relies on the strength of your team. Happy and engaged employees who feel strongly part of a team are more likely to perform well and achieve best results. For example, highly...
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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...
Niva Harney-HillerTechniques to Reduce Security Claims; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) emphasizes using the structures, spaces, lighting and people around an area to prevent crime and to increase loss prevention. Accomplishing this task is not an easy...
Daniel Loo
Navigating Insurance Coverage in the Wake of a Natural Disaster
Flood waters eventually recede; fires are extinguished; and earthquake-damaged buildings are shored. It is only then that the financial toll of a natural disaster can begin to be tallied. Natural disasters are expensive...
Jeffrey SchulmanMOST VIEWED IN TRAVEL:
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...
Maxwell Leitschuh
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“Hands Off, Pants On” When Guests Sexually Harass Your Hotel Employees
In an April 2016 survey of 400 Chicago-area women working at hotels, nearly 50 percent indicated that they have had a guest answer the door naked, expose themselves, or were otherwise flashed. Worse yet, 1 in 10 said...
Darin Mackender
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