New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week signed a series of bills into law that collectively seek to protect women and strengthen anti-sexual harassment laws the Empire State already has on the books. Two of the three bills she signed are directed at private employers while the third strengthens laws relating public sector employees. The…
Read More »It’s time to take out your calendars and make sure you’re clear to attend the next CFA Webinar that DDIFO will host on Monday, April 4, 2022. Always a critically important and timely subject, “Encroachment and Cannibalization in Franchising” will begin promptly at 1:00 EDT and will feature preeminent franchisee attorney, Robert Zarco, founding partner…
Read More »A Starbucks store in the company hometown of Seattle became the seventh and latest store to formally vote for union representation, joining 5 other stores in the Buffalo New York market and one outlet in Mesa Arizona. The vote at the Seattle location was unanimous with 9 voting in the affirmative and one vote challenged…
Read More »The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) early this week issued a new guidance on employers responsibilities and obligations regarding employees who may be caregivers for children, elderly or other vulnerable individuals relative to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that it may have had on them and their ability to work. The agency reiterated that…
Read More »One would have thought Starbucks had a full plate of issues with 6 stores newly unionized and another 120+ awaiting NLRB approval and scheduling of union representation elections, but there’s more the company is dealing with now. This week at the company’s annual meeting, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced that he was retiring – on…
Read More »In the highly charged and partisan US Congress, another nominee of President Biden has been deadlocked in committee, necessitating additional votes in the Senate to move the nomination forward. The Founding Director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University School of Law as well as a Visiting Professor there, Alvaro Bedoya was…
Read More »The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced this week that three more Starbucks stores in the Buffalo New York market have voted to affiliate with the Starbucks Workers United, a local affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Two of the stores supported the union representation vote by tallies of 15 – 12, while…
Read More »With now well over 100 company-owned Starbucks locations seeking union representation elections under the administrative eye of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), each new location where unionizing efforts are successful presents additional potential challenges for the QSR industry at large and franchising in particular. The latest Starbucks location to formally endorse representation by the…
Read More »As businesses all around the country and in just about every industry wrestle with high inflation, the ongoing pandemic and its struggles, supply chain issues, escalating labor cost, and other issues, the state of California continues to pile additional burdens on business. Currently, there’s a trifecta of trouble brewing for businesses in the Golden State.…
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While the labor shortage has impacted businesses across the board, franchisees know firsthand how the hospitality space is getting hit especially hard. Many workers in hospitality, who lost their jobs during the pandemic, don’t intend to return to work in the industry, according to research from the career site Joblist that examined the second quarter…
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