Plus, the Biden Administration and states intensify COVID-related workplace health and safety efforts
President Joe Biden’s administration and many states are intensifying their COVID-related workplace and workforce health and safety efforts. For this week’s episode of the Working Lunch podcast, the team from Align Public Strategies sought out counsel from Ed Egee, the vice president of government relations & workforce development at the National Retail Federation to sort it all out. They also discuss other pressing issues for the industry in Washington, D.C.
Speaking of pressing issues, the Democratic leadership in the U.S. House introduced their legislation increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025, indexing it to inflation thereafter and eliminating the tip credit. The Align Public Strategies team unpacks all of that and tries to clarify for restaurant operators what a final product may look like. The podcast wraps up with the weekly legislative score
Plus, a look at extending hazard pay mandates to restaurant workers
The National Restaurant Association and the major third-party delivery platforms have come together and agreed on a set of principles around transparency on fees, food safety, alcohol and other issues that will define their relationship going forward. This week on the Working Lunch podcast, the team from Align Public Strategies discusses this agreement with Katie Witman, DoorDash’s senior policy advisor, and Mike Whatley, the NRA’s vice president of state government relations.
Meanwhile, hazard pay mandates are gaining traction in localities across the country, especially in California. Up until now, they have been focused on the grocery sector, but last week, a major county in California will specifically vote on extending it to restaurant workers. The team takes a look at the changing dynamics around this issue.
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Both political parties are putting all they have into the races that will control the U.S. Senate.
Working Lunch: The latest on the U.S. Senate race in Georgia and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s pivot on paid leave and childcare Chism Strategies’ Joe Binns joins the podcast to share the lay of the land in the runoff election
Early and mail-in voting has started for the runoff races in Georgia and the stakes are high. Both political parties are putting all they have into the races that will control the U.S. Senate. This week on the Working Lunch podcast, the Align Public Strategies team is joined by Joe Binns, a principal at Chism Strategies in Atlanta and a longtime political operative in Georgia, who gives the lay of the land and shares his observations from the ground level.