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Upcoming Events
OH&LA is pleased to offer CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Certification! Offered in partnership with Hospitality Comp, this course is designed to give hospitality companies and their associates the confidence to respond to life-threatening emergencies with skills that may save the life of a guest or fellow employee. Monthly training classes are offered in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
 Odyssey de Culinaire will set sail with the first dinner in Oklahoma City on Thursday, July 30th at Gaillardia Country Club. The second dinner will occur in Tulsa on Thursday, August 13th at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center. These benefit dinners have a unique spin that creates collaboration among five chefs from Oklahoma City and five chefs from Tulsa. Each group will treat the other city to an incredible six-course meal. The chefs will be assisted in their meal preparation by high school students who are currently active in ProStart® schools in Oklahoma. More information here.
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OH&LA is pleased to announce our newest member benefit, membership with Tinker Federal Credit Union!
The Department of Homeland Security has scheduled a number of terrorism awareness classes around the country. These sessions are free to attend. Click here to inquire about attending.
News: Heartland Payment Systems Returns to List of Certified Processors
Read AH&LA's regularly updated information on Swine Flu
Starting April 3, 2009, employers must use the new version of the Department of Homeland Security's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Rev. 02/02/09). The Department of Homeland Security also has issued a revised Handbook for Employers to be used with the new Form I-9. The new Form I-9, among other things, narrows the list of acceptable documents to show identity and work authorization and eliminates the use of expired documents. All employers are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired after November 6, 1986 to show that the employee is authorized to work in the United States. Additionally, the employer must re-verify documents for any employees whose work authorization documents are expiring.
This eight-minute video can be downloaded and then played via your computer to your managerial staff, educating them on the many threats card check poses to the U.S. lodging industry. Presently, legal recognition of a union is achieved through secret ballot elections, in which each worker decides whether or not to support a union in the privacy of the voting booth.
Want to stake your claim as an eco-friendly establishment? Check out this list of 11 Minimum Guidelines for Going Green, actions properties of any size can take.
Help the American Hotel & Lodging Association defeat card check legislation. Circulate this ad to all of your member companies and let them know what we are doing to educate the public about the real purpose of the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" and to defeat this ill-conceived legislation when union leadership presses for another vote in 2009. You are an essential component in this effort, as we need our members to bring this to your legislator's attention via writing letters and backing the ad campaign.
Meet the New ADA: In perhaps the most sweeping change to the face of employment law in over 10 years, the recent passage of the "ADA Amendments Act" will mean a massive change for most of the country's employers. These changes, which will go into effect January 1, 2009, will not only have a tremendous impact on the defense of employment litigation claims, they will require almost all human resource professionals, managers and business owners to adopt new policies and procedures in dealing with accommodation requests.
Per Diems Will Affect Hoteliers - Tips for Properties Affected Negatively
Message from OH&LA and the State Department of Health: Preventing Food-borne Illness: Recommendations for Food Service Managers
Member Advisory: FEMA to Cover Hurricane Evacuees' Hotel Costs
2009 Federal Per Diem Rates Announced
A federal judge has issued a Preliminary Injunction of HB 1804, which would have gone into effect on July 1, 2008. Read the press release from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, or read the Preliminary Injunction Order.
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