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Safety Training and a Strong Safety Culture: The Recipe for Mitigating Restaurant Risk

Modern Restaurant Management

As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

7 Shifts

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Having to spend a shift—or even worse, your after-hours—reading through an employee handbook will sap the fun out of any new restaurant job. The introduction to your restaurant employee handbook Think of your employee handbook as a welcome to your restaurant.

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Hiring Restaurant Employees: The CFO’s Role in Developing a Strategy

Restaurant365

Hiring restaurant employees and retaining them is no longer just an issue for the HR team. As the staffing shortage continues to negatively impact profitability, you as a CFO must play a critical role in your restaurant group’s hiring and retention strategy. Addressing the hiring crunch.

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Developing a Long-Term Hiring Strategy for Your Restaurant Group

Restaurant365

Your individual hiring decisions define your company culture over the long term, impacting both the customer experience and employee retention. Short-term restaurant hiring challenges, like filling open roles because you’re understaffed, may seem like the most urgent day-to-day priority. Offer a competitive wage and benefits.

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A CHEF WHO GETS THE MESSAGE RIGHT

Culinary Cues

Two of the most significant issues facing businesses today are RETAINING good employees who are so difficult to find and MAXIMIZING the productivity and efficiency of those same employees. Ample research has been done pointing to the most significant culprit behind these issues – POOR COMMUNICATION!

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RESTAURANTS AND CAFES NEED GOOD COMMUNICATION

Food Business

The overriding key to any healthy work environment is good communication, but that can be a broad directive to follow. Here are some factors to consider when envisioning the ideal workplace for today’s entry level employees: Millennials crave an atmosphere of openness and transparency. It's attractive to owners, and to waitstaff.

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[Study] The Great Resignation is here. What 3,700 Restaurant Employees are Looking For To Stay Engaged

7 Shifts

of employees rated sanitation efforts of ultra-high importance, with an average score of 4.1 Employees aren't satisfied with their current wages. Nearly half of all restaurant employees are hovering in the range of $11-15/hour (45.8%). 73% of those employees still receive tips. Employees want schedule flexibility.