Category: Coronavirus

Labor ‘Least of my worries’: Minimum wage hikes in Bay Area add to costs, could boost spending San Francisco Chronicle 7/1 The coronavirus pandemic has

Labor Darden Invested $75 Million in its Employees During COVID Crisis FSR Magazine June 2020 Darden CEO Gene Lee said employees are the company’s greatest

Labor As Restaurants Reopen, Many Are Struggling to Find Employees Eater 6/26 Worries about the pandemic, slow business, and fewer jobs for servers are all

Labor Restaurant defends offer to rehire servers to do heavy maintenance work The Washington Times 6/25 Some employers are demanding a lot of flexibility from

Labor McDonald’s Workers Get Second Win on Virus Safety Protocols Bloomberg 6/24 Three McDonald’s restaurants in Chicago must adopt Covid-19 safety measures related to masks

Labor As Minimum Wage Rise Approaches; Workers Relieved, Restaurants, Retail Wary Pasadena Now 6/23 Back in late May, more than two dozen Pasadena workers demonstrated

Labor City of Novato minimum wage set to increase this July KRON 4, 6/22 The Novato City Council is set to increase its local minimum

Labor Santa Monica Will Raise Minimum Wage Rate On July 1 Canyon News 6/20 Employers in the City of Santa Monica will raise the minimum wage

Labor Supreme Court lets Dreamers keep working, to restaurants’ delight Restaurant Business 6/18 The decision to halt Trump’s unwinding of the DACA program could keep

Labor Alameda briefs: City’s minimum wage to be $15 an hour July 1 East Bay Times 6/17 On July 1, the minimum wage in the