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Gleneagles’ Peter Lederer to become Institute of Hospitality president

Gleneagles’ managing director, Peter Lederer has been named as the new president of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH).
Posted: 26 March 2007 | 11:40

McDonald's wants Mcjob removed from dictionary

McDonald’s UK arm has launched a campaign to get British dictionary publishers to revise their definitions of the term McJob.
Posted: 20 March 2007 | 12:46

How can I delegate some responsibility?

"How can I delegate some responsibility? The business is growing, and I just have more and more to do."
Posted: 15 March 2007 | 00:00

Amicus and T&G merge to create a 'super union'

housekeepingMembers of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) have voted to merge to create a ‘super union’, with about two million members including many in the hospitality industry.
Posted: 09 March 2007 | 11:50

Former general manager at Threadneedles stole £20,000 from the hotel

Threadneedles hotel, LondonA former general manager at Threadneedles in the City of London has been found guilty of stealing from the hotel.
Posted: 08 March 2007 | 09:00

Obesity harassment

Can staff teasing an employee about their weight amount to harassment and lead to a constructive dismissal claim? Louise Brenlund explains the law
Posted: 01 March 2007 | 00:00

Businesses offered online advice on employing migrants

waiter setting tableThe Home Office has flagged up a website designed to help employers stay on the right side of the law when employing migrants.
Posted: 27 February 2007 | 14:15

Former Crown Group employee has discrimination claim dismissed

Crown Venue CateringA former Crown Group employee has had his claim for discrimination and breach of contract against the contract caterer dismissed.
Posted: 26 February 2007 | 13:00

Liverpool restaurant fined £5,000 for dirty kitchen

Liverpool restaurant, Caesar’s Palace, has been fined £5,000 after hygiene inspectors found the kitchens to be dirty and unhygienic.
Posted: 23 February 2007 | 15:14

Don't waste this pool of experience

Dudley SealeBy focusing too much on a youthful image the industry risks wasting a source of knowledge and talent, says consultant Dudley Seale
Posted: 22 February 2007 | 00:00

Being treated well top concern with hospitality workers

housekeepingEmployees in the hospitality sector are more concerned about being treated well than earning higher salaries, according to new research.
Posted: 20 February 2007 | 16:37

Pregnant finance manager wins sex discrimination case

pregnant womanA pregnant finance manager at a Newcastle bar and restaurant who was told to choose between her unborn baby or her job has won a sex discrimination case against her former employer.
Posted: 20 February 2007 | 15:33

Court orders Butlins to pay back £1m to staff

Butlins logoButlins will have to hand out as much as £1m in back pay to staff after a court ruled deductions for gas and electricity they used when living on holiday sites was illegal.
Posted: 20 February 2007 | 08:30

Staff incentive schemes

Incentives of cash or shares in the business are good ways of motivating and retaining staff. Accountant Chris Lane describes the most effective schemes
Posted: 08 February 2007 | 00:00

300 Grosvenor Casino staff to go on strike

roulette wheelAbout 300 Grosvenor Casino staff at four of the company's top London venues are due to hold a second 24-hour strike today.
Posted: 25 January 2007 | 09:00

Robert De Niro's New York restaurant owes staff £166K in overtime

the bar at Nobu, New YorkRobert De Niro’s New York restaurant has come under fire from the US Department of Labour for having allegedly cheated its restaurant workers out of $328,000 (£166,000) in overtime pay.
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 10:38

US couple to sue Mandarin Oriental after being bitten by bed bugs

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, LondonThe Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is being sued by an American couple after they were bitten by bed bugs during a stay at the company’s luxury Hyde Park hotel.
Posted: 17 January 2007 | 11:17

Chef loses racial discrimination case against JD Wetherspoon

JD WetherspoonA black chef at a JD Wetherspoon pub in Swindon who claimed he was nicknamed "our little slave'' has lost his employment tribunal case.
Posted: 15 January 2007 | 10:39

Changes to holiday entitlement will cost hospitality sector £240m, warns BHA

waiter setting tableThe British Hospitality Association has demanded that rises in the minimum wage over the next two years are “very modest” after the Government proposed increasing statutory holiday entitlement from 20 to 28 days.
Posted: 12 January 2007 | 17:30

Government to increase holiday entitlement from 20 days to 28

beachHospitality businesses will no longer be allowed to include bank holidays as part of their employees’ annual leave if government proposals to increase workers' holiday entitlement from 20 days per year to 28 are approved.
Posted: 12 January 2007 | 13:15

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