PLUS - IT'S A PAYSTUB PALOOZA (let us review your paystubs!) You are invited to attend the regularly scheduled meeting of HR Confidential – Waitstaff Lawsuits on the Rise! – which will take place on October 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM. HR Confidential is a programming supplement offered...

NY Cannabis Revs Up Biden's marijuana pardons and the ripple effect for NY cannabis New York Cannabis is motoring forward. CAURD applications are well under review, New York's first official harvest is upon us and there are unlicensed dispensaries on every street corner. The cannabis...

Join us this Monday for How to Fight a Hospitality Lawsuit Hosted by Hamutal Lieberman & David Helbraun An HL Webinar on Monday, October 17, 11am-12pm Unfortunately, we cannot always prevent or predict a lawsuit - but these tips will put you in a better position...

Good news?? From the SLA?! It's true! The SLA has announced updates to policies related to Certificates of Occupancy, financial disclosures, and more. Dig into the nuances of these changes with us in our newest webinar: Key Policy Updates from the SLA Hosted by Joseph Levey An...

Join us this Monday for 2023 Employment Handbook Update Hosted by Lee N. Jacobs An HL Webinar on Monday, October 3, 11am-12pm Each new year means a new Employee Handbook. Your 2022 and 2021 (and certainly your pre-COVID books of 2020 and 2019) handbooks will not...

Join us this Monday for F&B MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS Hosted by Andrew Fine & David Helbraun An HL Webinar on Monday September 19, 11am-12pm F&B Management Agreements are taking the industry by storm, offering incredible perks for owners and managers alike. But understanding your leverage in these deals...

CAURD stands for Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary, and this class of licenses will be the first recreational dispensary licenses issued in the State of New York. Winners of these licenses will not only receive a license certificate, but they will also receive the keys to a fully...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, If you want to succeed in the rough and tumble hospitality industry you need to step back from the grind for a minute and get educated. There's no restaurant owner Master's programs out there and the school of hard knocks will take you...

REMINDER: Register today for HL's next webinar! How to Build a Hospitality Group by Andrew Fine and David HelbraunWhen: Monday August 1  11:00AM - 12:30PMIf you are planning on opening more than one bar or restaurant, HL will teach you the key steps to ensure that your company...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, Well, it's summertime and the livin' ain't easy. Monkeypox and mass shootings and melting Europe and impending civil war and the new and improved BA suite of shapeshifting covid variants and just everything.  But hey, we can celebrate a few hundred dollars less that we now have...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, There was some confusion as to the date of our webinar due solely to the fact that I was trapped in my own personal virtual reality where time moves too quickly and my proofreading skills turn to mush.  So. here...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, I know it can be challenging to face the prospect of a world where we become even further dependent and immersed in technology.  I was once a proud luddite and still prefer the analog world, but the Metaverse and the cutting edge concepts that come...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, All appetizers on the newsletter menu today.  Enough just-over-the-line important hospitality matters to put on your radar as we barrel into spring with low positivity rates and high positivity vibes. Restaurant Revitalization Fund The DC Dolts continue the big tease of refilling the RRF fund with another...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, A few weeks ago, we produced our first live Canna Chat in over 2 years at The Brooklyn Bank in Bed Stuy.  It was a packed house and an unbelievable program with Tremaine Wright, Chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Board of New...

Dear HL Clients andFriends, On behalf of Helbraun Levey and The Brooklyn Bank, we are so excited to announce that in our next Canna Chat, Joey Regs will have the honor to interview the most informed and influential person in the New York cannabis world;...

Dear HL Clients and Friends: A reminder that Joseph and I will be chatting with a renowned cannabis application writer today as we dig in and discuss what it takes to win a license. If you are serious about getting into the cannabis industry, now...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, We know that you're all scrambling at this point with testing and closing and re-opening and canceling and kicking shit. So, in order to keep you informed and updated, we are resuming our newsletters and will publish them as needed....

Dear HL Clients and Friends, It has become apparent over the past few days that COVID is back and the Omicron variant is quickly spreading. We are being barraged with reports of restaurant and bar staff members testing positive and there is a lot of...

Dear HL Clients and Friends: We have two important and exciting webinars coming up. Cannabis is here and the time is now to start putting your team together and digging in. Also, HR in the hospitality world has never been wilder. Learn about what's coming...

After a hiatus in 2020, the New York State Liquor Authority is once again offering “All Night Permits” for New Year’s Eve, and the deadline is quickly approaching. So, if you want to stay open beyond your normal closing hours this New Year’s Eve, you...

Dear HL Clients and Friends: Happy Tuesday, friends. We come to you today with some important reminders. We know how hectic the day-to-day of running your businesses can be – especially in this bizarro world where we now all live. So, we wanted to make...

Also: Joey Regs with major cannabis update Vaccine Mandate Webinar Dear HL Clients and Friends, As the virus variants traipse through the greek alphabet and out-of-town anti-vaxxers gone wild test the limits of our endurance, we mandate and we march on and we pray that this fall and winter are gentle...

Dear Family and Friends – Good afternoon!  Today is the day we have been waiting for—Key to NYC, New York City’s vaccine mandate comes into full effect and it's been one week since the HERO Act was activated.  Please read below for what you need...

Dear Friends and Family - New day, new developments, new concerns, new solutions. Well, it’s been exactly two weeks since we last spoke, and it’s about two weeks until the Key to NYC vaccine mandate becomes mandatory.  In addition, over the last two weeks we...

Good Afternoon - Happy August 16th, everyone!  Did you open your inbox this morning to find the City of New York’s guidance on how to implement “Key to NYC”, NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate? Go check.  I will wait.  Yep, be sure to check your SPAM...

Dear HL Clients, Friends and Family, Many of you have reached out since New York City announced the “Key to NYC Pass”, which requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination for employees, guests, and vendors in the indoor dining setting. The new mandate takes effect on August 16,...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, The New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act) requires nearly ALL employers in the state to adopt a health and safety plan to protect workers form future airborne infectious disease outbreaks.  Similar to the  NY Forward Plan, you must...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, We humans think we are so smart.  The top of the food chain, masters of our domain, the only true "intelligent" life on earth. And here we are getting our brilliant asses kicked over and over by this simple but crafty microorganism...

Dear HL Clients and Friends, Yoohoo!  Hello Dearly Elected? Have you forgotten about us?  The restaurant industry that you were supposed to “save” with all that federal money?  Yeah, the RRF, the very same program that you were so eager to take credit for as a shining...

In our next Canna Chat, we continue to bring you insider info direct from the biggest and best operators in the cannabis industry. This time, we're focusing on assembling the team that one needs to be successful in the space: what roles require filling, in what...