Help Us Lower Restaurant Swipe Fees
Accepting credit cards is a costly but necessary part of every restaurant’s business. Fees associated with processing credit cards continue to rise despite small businesses facing the highest inflationary challenges in decades. "Swipe fees” are one of the highest costs for every restaurant owner, yet restaurants have no ability to negotiate or find competitive solutions to reduce the rates set by the dominant card companies. The National Restaurant Association has been working on this issue for years, and earlier this summer we joined our champions on Capitol Hill to unveil the Credit Card Competition Act of 2022. This bipartisan, common-sense proposal will enable restauranteurs to choose which payments networks process their credit card transactions. The legislation will inject needed competition into the payment ecosystem that could save businesses and consumers billions of dollars a year.
The legislation has been introduced in the Senate and we are pressing for the House to introduce a similar bill. We have provided Congress with expert guidance on what restaurant owners need, but we need your help to make this bill a priority for both parties.
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Restaurant Business Conditions Survey August 2022
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Bill A4222 has been signed into law on July 5th, 2022!
Bill A4222 / S2796 updated the outdated and burdensome process minors must undergo in order to obtain working papers in New Jersey and removes authority from school districts to issue working papers for minors and establishes a centralized, online database within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The bill expanded summer working hours for minors 16 and 17 years of age to up to 50 hours per week and 10 hours per day. Additionally, it expanded the maximum period of time before breaks to 6 hours.
Webinar: An Employer's Perspective on New Jersey's Updated Child Labor Laws Presented by Morey's Piers
Webinar: Counting Down to NJ's 2022 Ban on Plastic Carryout Bags and Polystyrene Foam Food Service Products
May 4, 2022, a new law will prohibit all Stores (including retail), Food Service Businesses, and Grocery Stores from selling to, or providing their customers with, single-use plastic carryout bags. The law will also prohibit all persons and food service businesses from selling/offering for sale any polystyrene foam food service product and prohibits all food service businesses from selling/providing any food served in a polystyrene foam food service product.
For more information: https://www.nj.gov/dep/get-past-plastic/
For more information: https://www.nj.gov/dep/get-past-plastic/
