Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations
News, updates, and insights about the modernization of hospitality industry labor and management relations.
Case study challenge invites students, alumni, and hospitality experts to weigh in
Chekitan Dev’s co-authored case examines options for expansion of a luxury resort. Learn more about the challenge and see how the industry responded.
Roundtable Recap: Card check, employer associations, and hotel arbitration discussed at annual Labor Relations Roundtable
The 8th Annual Labor Relations Roundtable invited hospitality industry representatives to discuss the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment law.
Employees looks at companies’ actions, not just statements
Management Professor Bruce Tracey says that how companies treat people during these difficult times will impact them for years to come.
SHA launches hospitality industry resource hub
The COVID-19 resource hub compiles expert information, tools, and guidance from the school’s faculty and its partners in the hospitality industry.
Coronavirus: Can you–and should you–’shelter in place’ at a hotel or vacation rental?
David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality human resources, says hotel companies are doing everything they can to make their environments and safe as possible against COVID-19.
Roundtable Recap: Students discuss card check, Airbnb, and $15 minimum wage
Labor Relations in Hospitality Roundtable looks at impact on the hospitality industry of changing technology, Airbnb, and wage increase.
Noteworthy: Faculty discuss technology’s impact on labor and employment laws for hotel teams
According to professors Sherwyn (SHA) and Wagner (Dyson), as hotels implement new technology, legal implications of these initiatives often come into play.
Real life TV: SHA and ILR students reflect on employment arbitrations
Students visited New York City to observe employment arbitration and gained valuable insight into the legal system.
CIHLER Employee Representative Board member highlight: Douglas Wigdor
CIHLER advisory board member Doug Wigdor shares his thoughts on the importance of representing employees in litigation.