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As part of the effort to connect students with the many opportunities offered by the School of Hotel Administration, the school’s Centers and Institutes hosted an open house fair early in the fall semester. The Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor & Employment Relations (CIHLER) had informational tables so students could learn more about the institute, […]

Sean Rogers and Christopher Boone have joined the faculty of the School of Hotel Administration, in the area of employment relations, human resources, and law. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Business, Rogers holds a PhD from Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. He is certified as a Senior Professional in […]

Students in the senior-level class on labor relations developed and conducted an industry roundtable addressing issues relating to labor and management relations in the hospitality industry. With CIHLER’s support, Cornell students in the Labor Relations in the Hospitality Industry class invited labor union and management representatives for the roundtable, which also included faculty experts. The course, […]

The recent so-called “joint employer” ruling has created a human resources earthquake for franchisors and companies that lease employees. The NLRB’s ruling that Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) employees were joint employees with Leadpoint, a staffing services firm, was based on the concept of each firm’s indirect control over the employees. Invited participants from academe and industry […]

As a Cornell graduate or friend, you save $475.00 on the only conference that delivers legal and HR guidance for your industry. The HR in Hospitality Conference, March 13 – 16 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, features sessions focusing on how wage and hour changes affect franchisor-franchisee relationships, the effect of the Noel Canning decision on the hospitality industry, the […]

Members of the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations contributed their time and knowledge to the fourth annual Hotel and Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown University, one of the foremost conferences on U.S. hospitality law. Several members of the CIHLER advisory board and associates of CIHLER member firms, as well as Director David […]

Center director David Sherwyn was the moderator in November of a Continuing Legal Education Panel at the Hotel and Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown Law School. The panel examined the legal aspects of union organizing through card-check neutrality agreements. Sherwyn has examined this issue in detail in a report published by the Cornell Center for […]

A National Labor Relations Board ruling that expands the definition of joint employment may well ironically decrease the involvement of franchisors in the franchisees’ employment actions—to the detriment of all parties. In an article published in the American University Business Law Review, Cornell Professors Steven Carvell and David Sherwyn examine the NLRB ruling in the case […]

On February 21st CIHLER held its 2nd annual labor relations roundtable. Professor David Sherwyn, the John and Melissa Ceriale Professor of Hospitality Human Resources and CIHLER Academic Director, who led the roundtable, said that it was incredible to have industry “competitors” sitting in one room, agreeing and disagreeing in a collaborative and intellectual way. The […]