Episode 192: West Coast Provides Workplace Protection Roadmap for Biden Administration

The states can’t wait any longer for the Feds to get their act together and are having to step in and take charge of both employee and consumer safety as well as industry relief. As usual, California and Oregon are out front. We talk to both Matt Sutton, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs & Public Policy at the California Restaurant Association and Bill Perry of Balance Point and the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association and lay out what’s coming for operators and how their states are a likely blueprint for an incoming Biden Administration. We also discuss how states - and increasingly cities - are developing their own relief programs to support employees and operators in their efforts to stay afloat. We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.