MRM Talking With: Restaurant Employment Lawyer Lexington Wolff Rykaczewski

Lexington Wolff Rykaczewski is a restaurant employment lawyer who focuses exclusively on educating owners about the legal do’s and don’ts when it comes to their staff.  Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine spoke with Wolff to learn about the risks restaurant owners face today and her new employment law compliance kit – Restaurant Employment Law 101. 

When you know the law, you can prevent employee lawsuits.  It really is that simple.

A former litigator, Wolff began to focus on employee lawsuit prevention when she saw how often employers inadvertently broke the law.  “I have yet to meet a restaurant owner who was intentionally thumbing their nose at the law,” she said. “In my experience, owners don’t break the law on purpose.  They break it because they flat out don’t know what the law is.” 

Lexington Wolff RykaczewskiBut as any restaurant owner can appreciate, priorities – however well-intentioned – are often at the mercy of the day’s unanticipated…