Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Sue North Dakota Restaurant over Firing of Pregnant Worker
Dec 13 2018 // A popular upscale restaurant in North Dakota’s capital city is being sued for allegedly firing a server after she became pregnant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the federal lawsuit against...
How to Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Boom
Dec 10 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular are increasingly ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. As more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must...
Computer Model Identifies Risky Restaurants in Near Real Time
Dec 4 2018 // A new computer model is proving significantly more accurate in identifying potentially unsafe restaurants when compared with existing methods of consumer complaints and routine inspections. The model uses machine learning...
Feds Sue Kentucky Restaurants Over Failure to Pay Workers $130K in Overtime
Dec 3 2018 // The federal Department of Labor is suing the owners of two Kentucky brunch restaurants it says failed to pay workers more than $130,000 in overtime. The Courier Journal reported Wednesday that the department says the...
New Hampshire Restaurant Accused in Crash Death of Three Men Faces Trial
Oct 25 2018 // A Chinese restaurant in New Hampshire accused of over-serving alcohol to three men who later died in a 2016 crash is now on trial. Prosecutors argue 21-year-old Malachi Davis, 21-year-old Hunter Vars and 20-year-old Jack...
South Texas Sees Resurgence in Eagle Ford Shale Drilling
Oct 24 2018 // Three years ago, Allen Startz found himself in an unwanted kinship with thousands of other oilfield workers in South Texas’ Eagle Ford shale — laid off with few prospects nearby. The Houston Chronicle reports he...
Louisiana Company Recalling 15 Tons of Packaged Restaurant Fare
Oct 19 2018 // A Louisiana company is recalling 15 tons of packaged ready-to-eat chicken and pork products produced since January 2017 for five restaurants or chains in Louisiana and Texas. A La Carte Foods of Belle Rose made the six...
Chicago Restaurant Chain to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit for $160K
Oct 16 2018 // Chicago-based Rosebud Restaurants Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s lawsuit charged...
Mixing Up Occupancy for Commercial and Residential Properties
Oct 15 2018 // There is a trend in residential construction to build condominium communities that go beyond the traditional amenities we’re used to. We are accustomed to work out rooms, pools, game rooms and the like in...
Restaurants Must Pay Minimum Wage for Work Unrelated to Serving
Oct 1 2018 // Restaurants must pay waiters and bartenders minimum wage when they are engaged in tasks such as cleaning toilets that are unrelated to their main jobs and do not offer tips, a divided U.S. appeals court ruled last...
Restaurants Must Pay Minimum Wage for Work Unrelated to Serving
Sep 21 2018 // Restaurants must pay waiters and bartenders minimum wage when they are engaged in tasks such as cleaning toilets that are unrelated to their main jobs and do not offer tips, a divided U.S. appeals court ruled this week. At...
U.S. Business Owners Find Varied Paths to Post-Disaster Recovery
Sep 17 2018 // Small business owners across the U.S. who are cleaning up from this year’s various catastrophes will find there’s no one formula for recovery. The same disaster can hurt businesses in divergent ways — a...
Exclusive Remedy: The Scope of Protection in Illinois Workers’ Comp
Sep 13 2018 // Section 5(a) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides the damages an employer must pay for work-related injuries. It specifies a worker injured in the line of duty cannot sue her employer or its other...
Amid Floods and Closures, Wisconsin’s Bowling Industry Suffers
Sep 6 2018 // Bowling pins topple, teeter, spin and fly. But this summer in Wisconsin, they’ve also been charred by flames and soaked with floodwater, while others are headed into retirement. In July, fire destroyed the Friendship...
Exclusive Remedy: The Scope of Protection in Illinois
Sep 3 2018 // Section 5(a) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides the damages an employer must pay for work-related injuries. It specifies a worker injured in the line of duty cannot sue her employer or its other...
6 Small Businesses Share Disaster Recovery Stories
Aug 31 2018 // As small business owners in Hawaii and California clean up following Hurricane Lane and wildfires, they’ll find there’s no one formula for recovery. The same disaster can devastate businesses in divergent ways...
Indictment Says Maryland Restaurateur Plotted to Burn Restaurant, Frame Wife
Aug 31 2018 // Federal prosecutors say a Maryland restaurant owner was under pressure, facing an impending divorce and financial ruin. His solution, they say, was to burn down his restaurant for insurance money, and implicate his...
EEOC Sues California Restaurant Chain Preferred Hiring Females Over Males
Aug 30 2018 // Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
EEOC, N.C. Golden Corral Restaurant Settle Harassment, Disability Suit for $85K
Aug 8 2018 // Jax, LLC, which operates a Golden Corral restaurant in Matthews, N.C., has agreed to pay $85,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to a...
Maryland Appeals Court Says Insurer Has Duty To Defend in Hidden Camera Case
Aug 6 2018 // The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has concluded Harleysville Preferred Insurance Co. has a duty to defend the limited liability company that owns and operates Rams Head Tavern in underlying litigation regarding a...
