More details to come.

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A review of key labor and employment law developments from the Biden Administration and Congress along with a look at Littler’s Labor Day Report.

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Everything restaurants should know about the very real threat facing businesses with arbitration agreements and class and collective action waivers.  The program will also address steps restaurants might wish to immediately consider to make them hard targets for the lawyers pursuing this strategy.

 Enjoy drinks and light fare while reconnecting with industry friends and networking with peers.

All participants will meet in the hotel lobby.

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As the pandemic wains, here come the plaintiffs lawyers looking to sue you for your COVID-19 policies and practices. 

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A discussion related to ADA access and consumer data privacy laws given the increased visits to restaurant websites, usage of online menus and proliferation of contactless online ordering systems.

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An open discussion with professional women in top leadership positions about how they achieve work-life balance and the tools and strategies they use to manage their time efficiently and obtain the support they need.

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One of the most critical issues facing restaurants is attracting and retaining talent. This presentation explores new and creative approaches employers are piloting in an attempt to become an employer of choice in the industry.

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While labor and employment is often front-and-center for lawyers in the restaurant industry, the issues facing the industry are as varied as the industry itself. And many of those non-labor/employment issues will get increased attention as restaurants continue to work under continuing and new stressors. Highlighting some of those key areas, Jenner & Block partners Gabi Gillett, David Layden, Gay Sigel, and Joe Torres will discuss regulations and litigation that you need to know about for your current and future operations—including related to privacy and biometrics, energy and the environment, ERISA, insurance, and more.

All attendees who registered with a Law Firm Partner promo code will receive e-communications from their respective law firm contacts regarding dinner details.

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For more than a year, restaurant employers have been duly tested by ethical challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, as the world progresses and the impacts of pandemic, and employers’ responses to it, evolve, the ethics challenges employers will face are far from over and, in fact, they may intensify.  Leaders, including in-house legal teams, HR teams, and supervisors will face difficult ethical dilemmas surrounding conflicts, misconduct, competence, and wellness that have emerged as restaurant business models continue to transition.  By connecting ethical principles to corporate goals, restaurant employers will be prepared to navigate these ethical issues, while strengthening relationships with employees.  The speakers will discuss these evolving pandemic and post-pandemic ethical dilemmas and provide a framework for restaurant employers and their counsel to use to issue spot and approach these difficult questions.