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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

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Understanding whether your staff are employees or independent contractors isn’t just about following the rules—it’s key to maintaining a fair, compliant and smoothly running establishment. Employees classified as exempt from overtime must meet specific criteria, such as executive or administrative duties.

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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

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Update Your Employee Handbook Your employee handbook sets the tone for your culture by establishing expectations and aligning your team toward a common goal and vision. Communicating Changes : Share changes in team meetings or one-on-ones to make sure everyone understands and has easy access to the updated version.

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Bridging the Gap: Integrating Legal and Insurance Considerations into Restaurant Cybersecurity Response

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Brands (owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut) suffered a ransomware attack that forced the closure of approximately 300 restaurants in the UK and exposed personal information of hundreds of thousands of employees. This documentation is crucial for both regulatory compliance and insurance claims.

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Serve and Sip Responsibly: Tackling Restaurant Liquor Liability Concerns

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Prioritize Staff Training : Restaurants should prioritize structured alcohol service training to ensure employees can effectively identify and mitigate risks. Secure Comprehensive Liquor Liability Insurance : Despite taking precautions, alcohol-related incidents can still happen.

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

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We frequently see issues at restaurants related to slips and falls, fires and worker injuries. Safety training should take place upon hire for all new employees, but that should not be a one-time event. Liquor liability : Many restaurants serve alcohol and liquor liability can protect them from losses related to intoxicated guests.

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The Science of Food Safety: Understanding and Preventing Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

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Gaining trust from today's guests requires a steadfast commitment to safety protocols, and those protocols should be communicated to guests to demonstrate the brand’s commitment to safety. Temperature logs and cleaning checklists serve an important documentation purpose, but they can't detect active contamination in real-time.

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AI-Powered Fraud: How Image Generation Threatens Restaurants

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Similarly, if businesses receive an unexpected invoice from a supplier, the best way to ensure its validity is to take a few minutes to call and confirm the document with the business’s trusted and known contact. Holding staff meetings and informative training sessions is a great way to introduce the topic to employees.