Staff Visa Rules Needs Loosening, Beef Exports Up Due To Asia Demand, Biden Plan Hurts Restaurants, Hospitality Job Platform Heroes, LA Restaurant Vax Proof Postponed
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Restaurants and hotels press UK government to ease visa rules for staff (Financial Times) Entrepreneur Richard Caring, chef Yotam Ottolenghi and Pret A Manger co-founder Sinclair Beecham, among others, wrote to the prime minister and senior Conservatives on Tuesday demanding that immigration requirements for hospitality workers be urgently loosened.
California’s Port of Oakland recently announced that its beef exports were up 25% between January and July 2021 (DC Velocity) Nearly all of the beef exported from Oakland has gone to Asia, where Covid restrictions on restaurant dining have sparked a jump in retail beef sales, the port explained. Broken down by country, 55% of those beef exports (as measured by container volume) have gone to Japan, 24% to China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and 19% to South Korea, the port said.
Restaurant Trade Group Says Biden's Build Back Better Act Will Hurt Small Businesses (Newsweek) "It's against this grim economic backdrop that we offer our input on the Build Back Better Act—specifically, our opposition with proposed tax increases on restaurants, our renewed call for replenishing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and our objections to the unprecedented changes to the National Labor Relations Act that could bankrupt many businesses," according National Restaurant Association Vice President of Public Affairs Sean Kennedy.
3 millennial cofounders created a job platform that looks like TikTok (Business Insider) Heroes is a social networking job platform that targets Gen Zers looking for retail and hospitality work. The platform resembles TikTok and allows individuals to submit video job applications.
Los Angeles Officials Postpone Vaccine Proof Requirement at Restaurants, For Now (Eater LA) Councilmembers and Paul Krikorian’s biggest concerns surrounded the enforceability of the ordinance, particularly because the onus is on restaurant workers to enforce at the customer level. If passed, restaurants, bars, cafes, pop-ups, and clubs would not be penalized if duped by fake vaccination cards; however, the ordinance does put enforcement squarely on the shoulders of businesses. If caught not checking for vaccination status, operators and owners would be cited or fined. The first violation receives a verbal warning, a second violation secures a $1,000 fine, and $2,000 for a third infraction.
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