The hospitality industry was among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to experience a new reality in the aftermath. Businesses of all sizes face worker shortages and increased regulatory pressures. For some, efforts to increase the minimum wage, enhance collective bargaining, and impose new mandatory employee benefits are substantially increasing the cost of operating.  

Scott Horton has represented hospitality industry clients ranging from the smallest restaurant operators to large global companies and is well-versed in the compliance and practical demands of these labor-intensive operations.

Common Issues

• Wage and Hour Compliance
• Unemployment Claims
• Union Organizing
• Tipped Wages
• Employee Handbooks
• Sexual Harassment Claims

Representative Matters

• Obtained a decision in favor of the employer following arbitration over long-time employee’s statutory claims of age discrimination and interference with protected employment retirement rights
• Secured dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York of a former employee’s race and sex discrimination claims against a large event hospitality company