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Hospitality• Representinghospitalityclientsinallaspectsoflaborandemploymentmatters

• Advice,counsel,litigation,andnegotiationonregional,national,andinternationalissues

• Trainingandcompliancetailoredtothehospitalityindustry

Our Hospitality Industry Group offers an extensive

range of services to local, national, and

international hoteliers and restaurateurs, as well as management companies

and franchisees, in all phases of their operations.

HospitalityINDUSTRY GROUP

OgletreeDeakins’Hospitalitypracticeisasdiverseastheclientsweserve.Frombed-and-breakfastinnstodestinationresorts,andfromfastcasualrestaurantstofinediningconcepts,weunderstandourclients’needsandchallengesandsharetheircommitmenttoprovidingexceptionalquality,service,andvalue.

DEPTH AND EXPERIENCETalent acquisition and management:Hiringandretainingastrong,qualifiedstaffisofparamountimportance.Tothisend,weassistourhospitalityindustryclientsinpreparingandupdatingemploymentagreements,applications,andhandbooks,andarbitration,noncompetition,nondisclosure,andseveranceagreements.Wealsoprovidecomprehensiveimmigrationservicesforthoseclientsseekingassistancewiththeinternationaltransferofskilledemployees,andthosewhorequireguidancewithI-9compliance.

Employment-related audits: Hospitality employers are subject to awide array ofadministrativerulesandregulationsthatmayvaryfromstatetostate,orfromcountrytocountry.Tohelpourclientsnavigatetheserules,weconductcomprehensiveemploymentauditstoidentifyandunderstandtheseimportantobligationsandtodevelopefficientcompliancesolutions.Wealsoassistclientswithadministrativeagencyaudits,includingthoseconductedbytheU.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)andlocalworkforceagencies.

Wage and hour:Ourattorneyshaveexperienceadvisingandrepresentinghospitalityemployers inawiderangeofwageandhour issues, includingtipcredit,tippooling,percent-of-work,andmisclassificationissues.Ourattorneyshavein-depthknowledgeofkeyfederallaws,includingtheFairLaborStandardsAct(FLSA),theFamilyandMedicalLeaveAct(FMLA),andcomparablestatelaws.Ourattorneysincludeformerofficialsoffederalandstatelaboragencies,includingtheDOL’sWageandHourDivision(WHD)andtheCaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency.

Employee benefits:TheAffordableCareActhassignificantlyimpactedthehospitalityindustrybygreatlyincreasingthenumberofemployersthatarenowrequiredtoprovidehealthcarecoveragetotheiremployees.Ouremployeebenefitsattorneysguideourclientsthroughtheapplicablerulesandregulations,provideassistancewithcompliance,andpreparebenefitsplans.

Training:Employeeandmanagementtrainingisanintegralpartofriskmitigation,andweprovideindividually-tailoredtrainingprogramsforhospitalityclientsofallsizes.Wenotonlyprovidetraininginparticularsubjectmatterareas,suchastheAmericanswithDisabilitiesAct(ADA)orFMLA,butwealsoprovidetrainingonissuesofdiscriminationandharassmentprevention,theconductofeffectiveinvestigations,workplacesensitivity,employment-relatedriskmitigation,andbasichumanresourcesskills.Wealsospecializeindevelopingtrainingprogramsmandatedbygovernmentagencies.

Workplace health and safety:Workplaceaccidentsarenotonlyunfortunate,butalsocan result in negative publicity, regulatory citations and fines, increased insurancerates,andevenabusinessshutdown.Wedevelopsafetyandhealthprograms,providesafetyandhealthauditservicesandactionplans,handleOccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministration(OSHA)inspections,andlitigateOSHAcitations.

Ogletree Deakins is one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, representing management in all types of

employment-related legal matters.

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With offices across the United States, in Europe, and in Mexico, the firm represents a diverse range of clients.

We operate efficiently without compromising our commitment to service.

Employee relations counseling:Welistentoourclients’ issues,understandtheirneeds and goals, andwork closelywith them to develop practical solutions toresolveworkplaceissuesandmitigaterisk.Wecounselemployersoneveryfacetofemploymentlaw,includingissuesarisingundertheADA,FMLA,FLSA,AgeDiscriminationinEmploymentAct(ADEA),OlderWorkersBenefitProtectionAct,UniformedServicesEmployment and Reemployment RightsAct (USERRA),WorkerAdjustment andRetrainingNotificationAct(WARN),OccupationalSafetyandHealthAct,TitleVIIoftheCivilRightsActof1964andSection1981oftheCivilRightsActof1866,EmployeeRetirementIncomeSecurityAct(ERISA),state-specificemploymentlawsandstatutes,andinternationalemploymentlaw,tonamebutafew.

Restrictive covenants:Unfaircompetitionisaseriousconcernforthehospitalityindustrywheretheprotectionoftradesecretsandconfidentialinformation,includingrecipes,preparationtechniques,expansionandrecruitingplans,andservicemodels,canmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Ourattorneysroutinelyadviseclientsonandpreparenoncompetitionandnonsolicitationagreements.Wealsopursue,aswellasdefendagainst,unfaircompetitionclaims.

Traditional labor management: Organizerscontinuetodevelopnewstrategiesforinfluencingandshapingtheemploymentrelationshipinthehospitalityindustry.Weofferbothoffensiveanddefensiveassistancewithlaborissues.Ontheproactiveside,weworkwithourhospitalityclientstodeveloppositiveemployeerelationsstrategiestominimizetheriskofunionization.Whenunionstargetaclient,weprovidestrategicguidanceinunioncampaignsandelections,assistwithstrikepreparations,adviseonandareinvolvedinthecollectivebargainingprocess,andhandlelaborarbitrationsandNationalLaborRelationsBoard(NLRB)proceedings.

Administrative proceedings:WerepresenthospitalityclientsinproceedingsinvolvingtheU.S.EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission(EEOC),localandstateworkforcecommissions,andrelatedentitieswithrespecttochargesofdiscrimination,claimsforunpaidwages,andclaimsrelatedtoemployeemisclassifications.

Litigation and ADR:Eachclient’slitigationphilosophyisasuniqueasitsbrand.Inpartnershipwithourhospitalityclients,wedeveloplitigationstrategiesdesignedtoincorporateeachclient’sphilosophyandmaximizesuccess.Wehandlesingle-andmulti-plaintiff litigation, aswell as class andcollectiveactions. For those clientsthat utilize alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) programs,we routinelymediateandarbitratecases.

VALUE

OgletreeDeakinsisaleaderinofferingvalue-basedbillingforclients.Weworkcloselywithourhospitalityclientstodevelopfeearrangementsthataretailoredtotheirneeds,andarehappytodiscussalternativefeeagreementsthatmaybeofinteresttoourclients.

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