Faculty & Research
Discussions on Union Mergers, Sexual Harassment Highlight Cornell's Third Annual Legal Roundtable
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joe Strodel, Jr., 607-255-4646, js343@cornell.edu
Ithaca, N.Y., July 14, 2004 -- The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University?s School of Hotel Administration recently sponsored its third annual roundtable on legal issues in the hospitality industry. Participants included counsel from lodging and restaurant companies, members of prestigious private-practice law firms, professors in labor and employment law from leading law schools and universities, as well as corporate partners of the Center.
Topics discussed included harassment training, new FLSA Regulations, the effect of the Merger of HERE and UNITE, Non-Resident Employees, and the Homeland Security Act.
"We continue to be very pleased with the success of the roundtable in building important relationships and dialogue between the industry and academic communities," said Cornell Hotel School Associate Professor David Sherwyn, who chaired the event for the third year. "We have created an interactive format that allows all of our distinguished colleagues to be engaged in the debate around key issues. The roundtables reinforce the strong links between the Hotel School faculty and industry leaders."
Rob Liddle, Corporate V.P., Global Labor Relations, McDonald?s Corporation, stated that "the roundtable provided a dynamic forum for the discussion of significant industry-related employment law issues with acknowledged experts." Seven roundtables are planned next year under Sherwyn?s leadership and the CHR's sponsorship, on topics ranging from hospitality design to hotel revenue management to information technology.
Participating in the Cornell Hotel School Legal Roundtable are, from left: Steve Yale-Loehr, of Counsel, True Walsh & Miller; Jim Zuehl, Partner, Franczek Sullivan; Dave Sherwyn, Assistant Professor, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration; Myron Roomkin, Dean, American University Kogod School of Business; Gary Thompson, Executive Director, The Center for Hospitality Research; and Scott Cordes, Senior Counsel, Friedkin Companies.
About the Center for Hospitality Research
A unit of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) sponsors groundbreaking research designed to improve practices in the hospitality industry. Under the lead of CHR's 34 corporate supporters, experienced scholars work closely with business executives to discover new insights into strategic, managerial and operational issues. To learn more about CHR and its projects, visit http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/.
The Center's supporters are leading organizations in the hospitality industry. Partners & Sponsors - AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., Bartech Systems International, Cendant Corporation, Cornell Hotel Society Foundation, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Kohinoor Group, Marsh's Hospitality Practice, Nestlé, Willowbend Golf Management, and Wyndham International; Friends - ARAMARK Corporation, D.K. Shifflet and Associates, Ltd., ehotelier.com, Global Hospitality Resources, Inc., Hsyndicate, Hospitalitynet.org, Hospitality World, Hotel Asia Pacific, Hotel China, Hotel Interactive, Inc., Hotel Resource, International CHRIE, Lodging Magazine, Lodging Hospitality, National Hotel Executive Magazine, Resort+Recreation, RestaurantEdge.com, Shibata Publishing Co., Ltd., Smith Travel Research, The Hospitality Research Group of PKF Consulting, The Lodging Conference, TravelCLICK, UniFocus, and WiredHotelier.com. http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/.