Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Is sustainability a major concern for U.S. companies, or is China moving to the fore?
As China and other emerging countries increase efforts in corporate sustainability initiatives, the U.S. may be falling behind, says EMI contributor.
9th Annual HR in Hospitality Conference & EXPO
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 […]
CIHLER Members Share Legal Expertise at Georgetown Conference
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 […]
CIHLER Represented at Georgetown Law Continuing Legal Education Session
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 […]
Cornell Professors Call for 21st Century Standard for Franchise System Employment
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 […]
Interning with Dow Chemical at the intersection of sustainability and business
Matt Pundmann, MBA ’19, reflects on his summer internship at Dow Chemical, where sustainability is at the core of its mission.
Center for Hospitality Research roundtable promotes hospitality sustainability
As the hospitality industry moves ahead in finding ways to document its many sustainability initiatives, participants in the 2012 Cornell Sustainability Roundtable addressed current issues in reporting, benchmarking, the supply chain, and customer sustainability perceptions, as well as innovations in green operations. This year’s roundtable also included a student sustainability competition. As the hospitality industry […]
Amy Yao ’13 Wins WX Scholarship
New York Women Executives in Real Estate, WX, has named Amy Yao ’13 as a winner of one of its WX Scholarships for 2013. WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate is an invitation-only association of executive-level women actively engaged in the commercial real estate industry in New York. Yao was honored for such […]