Changing Hotel Legal Environment + Management Agreement + New Composting Law + Require Vaccination? + Immigrant Workers

The legal environment of the hospitality industry is forever evolving and changing. Given specific hospitality industry events and circumstances, industry professionals need to view the law, policies and regulations across the industry -- and beyond -- with particular attention to social, political, environmental, and human needs and their responsibilities and obligations.

The past few years have been framed by COVID-19 concerns and efforts to sustain, recover and transition back to a new normal. In this author's opinion, things won't go back to how they were pre-COVID-19, and the operating and legal environment will adapt to a changing environment across all aspects of business.

Biden Administration Looks to Let More Immigrant Workers Temporarily into the U.S.

December 21, 2021 via Restaurant Business

The Biden administration said [December 21] that it will take the unprecedented step of making 20,000 more temporary work permits available near-term to ease the labor shortage hamstringing non-agricultural businesses such as restaurants and hotels.

The joint effort by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) would make 20,000 additional H-2B visas available to immigrants who want to work within the United States for a relatively short stretch.