Episodes
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
Clinton Wolf, Senior Vice President of Health and Insurance Services for the National Restaurant Association (NRA), joins Stephanie Forand to discuss the current state and challenges of the Restaurant Industry, the NRA’s contributions during COVID, as well as their growing member programs and resources.
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
As a follow-up to his State of Healthcare CRTRA webinar in 2020, Den Bishop, Holmes Murphy President, talks with CRTRA President Stephanie Forand on the latest healthcare hot topics. He shares his perspective on healthcare changes under the Biden administration, thoughts on the pending Supreme Court ruling on the ACA, hospital cost transparency, COBRA administration, and the overall future of healthcare.
Den is a distinguished industry leader, a member of the Council of Employee Benefits Experts, serves on the Board of C2 Solutions, and is a member of the Dallas Regional Chamber. He is the author of The Book on Healthcare Reform and is a recognized speaker on the Affordable Care Act's economic implications. You will not want to miss his healthcare insights in these ever-evolving times.
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Serving Up – Episode 7 – Paving the way to Diversity & Inclusion
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
CRTRA Vice President, Wendy Hull is joined by James H. Pogue II, PHD to discuss “Paving the way to Diversity & Inclusion”. Leadership and training are at the core of who Dr. Pogue is and drive is his commitment to equip executives and professionals with thought leadership to communicate & manage effectively. His military service, scope of research and work as a speaker and entrepreneur give him tangible examples of the critical balance between leaders and followers on teams.
Wendy and Dr. Pogue discuss the importance of striving for a workplace of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Dr. Pogue shares his perspective on key learnings of 2020 and provides tips on how you can build a D&I culture within an organization.
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Serving Up – Episode 6 – The Fasting Method and Fast Health
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Larry Diamond, a coach and researcher for the TheFastingMethod.com, battled morbid obesity all of his adult life. He weighed between 270 and 350 plus for over two decades and suffering from a variety of health ailments. He used his science background and maverick experts promoting fasting and low carb real food diets to lose and keep off 120 lbs. and solve all health issues. He found a like-minded fit in TheFastingMethod using the best critical modern science and cultural wisdom to support people who wish to take control of their health with effective lifestyle. Tune in to hear his story and learn more about Totem’s Fast Health platform for employers.
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Serving Up - Episode 5 - Discussion with Kathryn Lott, Southern Smoke
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Chris Shepherd launched Southern Smoke in 2015 after learning his friend and former sommelier Antonio Gianola was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Recognizing a need, the Southern Smoke Foundation created an Emergency Relief Fund for people in the food and beverage industry in crisis. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Southern Smoke Emergency Relief Fund has distributed $4,463,990 to 2,244 people nationwide. To date, Southern Smoke has distributed more than $6.1 million—both directly to people in need via the Emergency Relief Fund and to organizations that represent the needs of people in our industry. CRTRA Vice President Wendy Hull talks with Kathryn Lott, Executive Director for Southern Smoke, about their origin, the unique help they provide, and how companies can utilize and support this important foundation supporting our industry's employees.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
As a follow-up to our December CRTRA Webinar: Preparing for the Next Four Years, Littler’s David Jordan and Finn Pressly talk with CRTRA President Stephanie Forand about a host of employment law hot topics including mandatory COVID vaccines, possible tipping pitfalls, challenges of the 80/20 rule, FLSA and minimum wages changes, compensation data collections, new regulations for disclosure of benefits plan’s pricing, and the complexities of 2020 COBRA Administration. You won’t want to miss this added insight into future challenges ahead.
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Serving Up - Episode 3 - Update on Employee Wellness with Lockton
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Supporting employee wellness continues to grow more complicated for the restaurant industry. Mental health and financial concerns are adding additional stress to our workforce. Lockton's Trey Darby and Kembre Roberts discuss the current state and scope of employee wellness. They offer ideas and considerations to help enhance your employee support systems to better serve your employees.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Serving Up - Episode 2 - Discussion with Heidi Coors Robbins, Family for Families
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
CRTRA Vice President, Wendy Hull discusses the impact a 501c3 can have on employees with Heidi Coors Robbins, Executive Director at Family for Families. Heidi launched the program in late 2019 that supports the Coors family portfolio of business to include CoorsTek, Goosecross Cellars, Liberty Woods International, Mad Greens, MJB Wood Group, and Snappy Salads. If you are considering starting a 501c3 for your company, you will want to listen to her insight.
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Serving Up is a podcast about Total Rewards in the Restaurant Industry and is hosted by the Chain Restaurant Total Rewards Association (CRTRA). This episode covers the relationship between CRTRA and survey partner Aon. Stephanie Forand and Cheryle Kaiser discuss how the survey relationship works and how all CRTRA survey data is reviewed and updated annually. They also discuss the changes to the 2020 CRTRA Executive and Manager Compensation Survey with the updated focus on catering positions.