Restaurant Owners Need to Watch for Employment Liabilities Around Every Corner

4 Min Read By Lindsay A. Ayers and Christopher J. Campbell

The restaurant industry continues to face stringent employment-related laws, compounding the managerial difficulties and operational risks of restaurant ownership. From predictive scheduling to the ever prevalent wage and hour laws, owners face employment-related legal compliance issues around every corner.

Restaurants are prime targets for data theft because they typically process large volumes of sensitive credit card information on a daily basis.

To start, legislation is being introduced at federal, state and local levels in an effort to address “clopenings," or shifts that require employees to consecutively work closing and opening shifts with fewer than 10 hours between. These bills or laws aim to increase predictability in workers' schedules by requiring employers to give employees advance notice of work schedules, to pay employees for schedule changes or cancelled shifts, and to provide predictability pay for on-call employees not called into work. Owners should monitor this…