NYC Hospitality Alliance Event on 4/8: Avoiding Discrimination Claims and Improving Employee Relations

March 28, 2013 by 1 Comment

On April 8th, New York City Hospitality Alliance & Fox Rothschild LLP will
present ‘Avoiding Discrimination Claims & Perfecting Employee Relations’


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When: Monday, April 8th 2013, 9:30-11:30am
Where: NY Institute of Technology | 16 West 61st Street, 11th Floor

Cost: $20 member
$35 non-member

There has been an increase in employment discrimination claims filed against restaurants and nightlife venues and you need to know how to protect your business and employees.

Join The NY Hospitality Alliance on April 8th, as The Alliance’s Labor counsel and Fox Rothschild’s New York Employment Group chair, Carolyn Richmond helps parse through the issues.

We will cover issues including:

  • Steps to take to avoid employment discrimination charges
  • What can and cannot be asked on applications these days
  • The do’s and don’ts during an employee interview
  • How and what to document in an employee’s “personnel file”
  • Whether an employee handbook really helps
  • What managers could be doing better
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Caribou Coffee: On Social Media and Sustainability

March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Fast Casual reports that Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is joining forces with its fans and Project 7, a manufacturer of eco-friendly products, to plant trees in April. As the first major U.S. coffeehouse to source all coffees and espresso from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, Caribou Coffee, in partnership with Project 7, will plant a fruit tree in Central or South America with each “like” it receives on Facebook in April.

In 2012, this partnership helped to plant more than 100,000 trees, feed the hungry in U.S. communities with 35,000 meals, provide over 3,000 days of shelter for those in need.

To encourage its fans to drink sustainably year-round, Caribou offers all customers who use a reusable tumbler in their locations a 10-cent discount on their beverages. Coffee drinkers can look forward to Caribou’s Earth Day offer when the company gives free coffee to all customers who bring in a reusable mug or tumbler on April 22.

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