Newsletters and Resources

Apr. 2007 Returning Military Personnel; No Expectation of Privacy on Work Computer
Nov. 2006 Avoiding Immigration Problems; Tips & Tip Pooling
Jun. 2006 Sexual Harassment Training Required; Meal Breaks
Apr. 2006 Preventing Slip & Fall; Legal Fees for Employee Sued for Sexual Harassment

Calif. outlaws charge-card fees on tips, but chain keeps court win
ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Specialty Restaurants Corp. maintained for years that nothing in California's labor laws prohibited it from withholding a pro-rata share of credit-card processing fees on tips paid by plastic-wielding patrons.
Nation's Restaurant News, March 26, 2001 by Alan J. Liddle
Judge: Operator can use Ups to defray charge-card fee
SANTA ANA, CALIF. -- A Superior Court judge here set the stage for an expected appeal by state labor officials by rejecting the regulators' efforts to stop a restaurant company from tapping servers' gratuities to pay charge-card fees levied on them.
Nation's Restaurant News, August 30, 1999 by Amy Spector