Commentary: Federal regulations threaten business growth
With businesses already struggling under the weight of increased health care costs and the threat of overtime rules expansion, a minimum wage hike could slow hiring by restaurants and other employers.
View ArticleRestaurants try to push through confusion on health care
Many of the restaurant operators who met with insurance experts at the NRA’s Health Care Knowledge Center had taken some steps toward meeting the requirements of the new health care law, but confusion...
View ArticleSenate bill aims to eliminate key part of health care law
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) has introduced legislation that would accomplish one of the National Restaurant Association’s top health care advocacy priorities: elimination of the auto-enroll requirement.
View ArticleWhat should restaurant operators talk to lawmakers about?
Tips on what to talk about with your elected officials this summer.
View ArticleWill House fix ACA’s seasonal employee problem?
A bipartisan group of House members has introduced a bill intended to change one of the many confusing aspects of the Affordable Care Act: its two definitions of “seasonal” employment.
View ArticleHow many hours is the full-time workweek? Not 30.
Thirty hours a week doesn’t work for restaurants, their employees, or the hundreds of thousands of businesses that will be forced to make hard decisions about how to comply with the health care law’s...
View ArticleHealth care law: Next steps for employers
The Affordable Care Act's employer mandate begins to take effect for some employers Jan. 1. What do you need to know?
View ArticleHouse opens 2015 with key health care vote
An issue that stands to have a profound impact on the scheduling and hiring of restaurant employees —a change to the health care law’s definition of “full time” — is scheduled for a vote in the House...
View ArticleHouse passes bill to change full-time definition
Just two days into its new session, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to change the health care law’s definition of “full time” from 30 hours to 40 hours a week.
View Article40 hours is full time
It's time to reexamine how the Affordable Care Act defines full-time employment.
View ArticleHere’s what restaurateurs are telling their members of Congress this summer
Minimum wage, health care, taxes and labor overreach were all on the menu when a U.S. representative came to visit.
View ArticleRestaurants get big health care win
Restaurants and other small businesses scored a major victory when the Senate followed the House’s lead and passed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act.
View ArticleAdvocacy the main course at Public Affairs Conference
Members of the restaurant industry got to see firsthand how the government works during this year's NRA Public Affairs Conference.
View ArticleAn Rx for better health care
The National Restaurant Association said it is encouraged by a House Republican initiative aimed at commonsense reforms to the American health system.
View ArticleHow costly is overregulation?
White Castle exec tells joint economic committee that excessive regulation is killing growth and jobs.
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