Course Catalog:
Hospitality Sessions for Custom Programs
Hospitality Law
IGIHOS0918
Employment Law
Most employment litigation results from comments or actions on the "front line", not from the Human Resources department. This session is designed to prepare managers for on-the-job managerial situations and potential problems, which may arise within the employer/employee relationship. Attendees will develop a working knowledge of the numerous laws governing employer/employee relationships, and also be able to identify pro-active steps to circumvent potential liability situations. The session will analyze labor/ management relations in the hospitality industry, including a study of the history of labor relations, unions, and collective bargaining agreements, in addition to other topics related to employment law.
IGIHOS0919
Hospitality Law - Tort Analysis
The ability to anticipate and resolve legal complications that arise on a daily basis in the day-to-day operations of a hotel/ restaurant/casino/business is imperative. Understanding the impact that these daily legal issues may have on a business is the cornerstone to addressing, preventing and resolving legal problems. Attendees should have an operative understanding of proactive legal management. This session is designed to provide a basic understanding of the law, legal concepts, and their application to the hospitality industry. Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to explain the process involved in the US legal system, analyze the physical elements of a hospitality facility in order to anticipate and reduce dangers, apply tort legal analysis to factual situations which occur daily, analyze statutory regulation as applied to the hospitality industry, and distinguish between the "reality" and "legality" of common practices in hospitality.
IGIHOS0920
Hospitality Law - Contract
Negotiations
Contracts form the basis of the daily operations of a hotel/ restaurant/casino/business. Understanding the technical rules for formation of contracts is imperative in order to create binding and enforceable agreements with employees, guests and third parties. Attendees should have an operative understanding of contract negotiation and formation. This session is designed to provide a basic understanding of the required elements for a contract, how to legally create those elements, how to negotiate effectively, and how the creation of contracts applies to the hospitality industry. Upon conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to explain the process involved in the US legal system, analyze the six elements necessary to create a binding contract, apply contract legal analysis to factual situations which occur daily in hospitality facilities, especially as it relates to offers and acceptance, and effectively negotiate contractual offers with the ability to revoke or terminate the offers without incurring legal liability, and distinguish between the "reality" and "legality" of common practices in contract formation.
IGIHOS0921
Legal Liability for the Ick Factor:
Bedbugs, Legionnaires' disease
and other things that give us the
willies
What happens when you fail to take care of the cleanliness of your property? What are the consequences of our actions to provide a safe and clean guestroom? Learn how a property can protect itself from the "Ick Factor". This session looks at the actions of properties that have failed in their duty of care and the consequences of their actions. Review actual court cases of guests that have taken action, and learn how to protect yourself and avoid similar circumstances and outcomes. This session will explain the process involved in the U.S. legal system as it relates to liability in lodging and analyze statutory regulations for cleanliness as applied to the hospitality industry. Upon completion of the session, attendees will be able to develop an effective and efficient approach to successful management of guest room attendants, effectively analyze current cases to determine potential for legal liability for acts or omissions of managers, and distinguish between the "reality" and "legality" of common practices in lodging.
