Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations
News, updates, and insights about the modernization of hospitality industry labor and management relations.

Do hospitality schools deliver the talent you are looking for today?
Dave Sherwyn, director of CIHLER and the Pillsbury Institute, contributes to Hospitality Net’s 2020 C-Suite World Panel on the value of hospitality education.

Roundtable recap: CIHLER explores the state of hospitality employment
CIHLER hosts forum for industry, academe, and employee representatives to address issues regarding the industry’s labor and employment law.

A refreshing take on labor relations in the hospitality industry
Student participants led arguments on hotels’ challanges on behalf of labor and management at the Labor Relations in Hospitality roundtable.

Two sides to every story: Observing an employment arbitration in New York City
Supported by CIHLER, students from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and ILR School observed an arbitration hearing in New York City.

Roundtable Recap: CHILER, hospitality leaders discuss wages, harassment, and immigration
CIHLER and industry participants discussed current issues related to hospitality labor and employment relations at the Nashville Regional Roundtable.

Cross-Cornell collaboration unites ILR and SHA to advance labor relations in hospitality
From roundtables to conferences, CIHLER sponsors a variety of experiences that focus on legal issues, human resources, and labor relations in the hospitality industry.

CIHLER welcomes Christian White to industry advisory board
The Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations is pleased to welcome Christian White to the advisory board.

Student takeaways from the 2019 HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas
Taylor Hardy ’19 recaps her experience at the 13th annual HR in Hospitality Conference, hosted by CIHLER.

Sherwyn is Special Guest in Tip-Related Roundtable and Webinar
CIHLER director David Sherwyn joined attorneys from the firm of Epstein Becker Green, which hosted a roundtable and webinar on “Strategies for Tip and Service Charge Compliance for the Hospitality […]