GRA Weekly

April 14, 2022

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IMPORTANT RRF UPDATE

Keep the Beat Going: Ask Senate to Replenish RRF

The House voted to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund with an additional $42B, now it’s up to the Senate to make it happen. Please join our grassroots campaign to ask the Senate to approve this new round of funding.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

FEDERAL UPDATES

EEOC Announces Opening of 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection

The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection that requires all private sector employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees meeting certain criteria, to submit workforce demographics including data by race/ethnicity, sex, and job categories. Deadline to Submit and Certify Reports is May 17, 2022.

For more information on the EEOC's announcement and filing guidance, read more.

DOL Overtime Rules & Regulations

DOL has now announced additional virtual Overtime listening sessions for May and June 2022, for both worker and employer stakeholders. These sessions are organized by region.

Click here to sign up for these listening sessions.

GRA IN THE NEWS

Georgia restaurants in need of help | New push hopes to assist those struggling

LOCAL NEWS

Fulton County Small Business Recovery Loan Program Applications Are Open

Select Fulton, in partnership with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), is expanding support for the Fulton County business community as the impact of the COVID-19 continues to be felt. Starting April 4, small business owners in Fulton County, excluding those located inside the City of Atlanta, will be able to access the newly created Fulton County Recovery Loan Program. Select Fulton, Fulton’s economic development arm, has partnered with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) to put together a $3.9 million fund to small businesses who experienced revenue losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more and read the full press release.

Following pause, more rental assistance dollars now available in Cobb

AJC - After a months-long lapse in funding, more rental assistance money is on the way for Cobb County families. The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted along party lines to accept an additional $6.9 million in rental assistance dollars from the federal government. That includes $1.5 million for people whose financial hardships aren’t directly related to the coronavirus, but have still struggled to pay the rent as housing costs have soared amid the pandemic. Read the full article. For more information, visit Cobb County.

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW

National Restaurant Show May 2022

The National Restaurant Association Show is back—and are here to help. Join your peers from across the foodservice industry in Chicago on May 21-24, 2022, and discover exciting new products, interact with innovative new equipment, create business connections with key suppliers, access expert-led education sessions on today’s biggest topics, and make invaluable peer-to-peer networking connections.

For foodservice professionals seeking new and better ways to operate their establishments, grow their customer base, broaden their networks, and increase their success. With representation from all 50 states and 110 countries, there’s no other place to interact with the entire foodservice industry ecosystem.

GRA/National Restaurant Association members are eligible to receive one complimentary badge to the NRA Show. You are required to use your National Restaurant Association member ID and last name to access this complimentary badge. To obtain your NRA membership number, please contact us at info@garestaurants.org.