Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney's B&L in Sacramento launched his peer-to-peer counseling and support program "I Got Your Back" last year after a series of suicides among restaurant workers
Also, Maine is first state to ban Styrofoam
Align Public Strategies discusses a new minimum wage study
Align Public Strategies looks at the effects of marijuana decriminalization on the industry
Plus, why teens are turning to the restaurant industry for their first job
Labor Department proposes regulation on joint-employer liability
Align Public Strategies says traditional employers are getting left behind
Move aims to boost benefits without fear of litigation