Latest Restaurant Headlines

All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Data Breach in Arizona Hits Restaurants, Hotels

Feb 20 2019 // A data breach may have compromised the personal information of customers who patronized any of 50 Arizona businesses last month.North Country Business Products says an investigation of “suspicious activity” led...

Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs

Jan 28 2019 // Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report.The...

Feds Fine North Carolina Restaurant Over Wage, Child Labor Law Violations

Jan 16 2019 // A North Carolina restaurant has been fined by federal officials who say it violated minimum wage and child labor laws. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a news release that Max’s Pizza in Surf City was fined...

Rhode Island Restaurant Shut Down After Shooting

Jan 15 2019 // Providence, R.I., officials have temporarily shut down a restaurant where a patron opened fire.The city Board of Licenses says they held an emergency meeting Sunday and approved a request from city police to shut down La...

Mixing Up Occupancy for Commercial and Residential Properties

Jan 4 2019 // 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...

‘Barista Wrist’ Among Restaurant Industry’s Highest Lost Time Injuries

Dec 28 2018 // Restaurant workers miss about a month from work from a variety of injuries, on average, but for coffee shop workers, wrist injuries are the biggest danger. In fact, Barista Wrist, can keep café workers sidelined for more...

Holiday Policy Language: Christmas 2018 Edition

Dec 26 2018 // I hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday season. I’m still out for Christmas, but I wanted to make sure that I added a little humor to your week with a Christmas installment of Holiday Policy Language so...

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 Rosebud,...

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 month.At...

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...