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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Bonus Tip : Create a simple FAQ document to address common employee questions about coverage options.

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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. In the wake of catastrophe related risks, like weather events, we would also recommend business interruption coverage.

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Damage Control: How Recent Changes to the FLSA and NLRA May Affect Your Status as a Joint Employer

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For over 60 years, there had been no meaningful updates regarding joint employer status, leaving many franchisors and similarly situated parties wondering – is my entity liable as a joint employer for my franchisee’s/affiliate’s acts relating to employees? Determination of employee’s rate and method of payment.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

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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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From 2019 to 2020: Tech-xtualizing the Three Major Challenges Restaurants Face

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For instance, the growth of delivery led to uncharted operational struggles, with more business came heightened compliance risks and of course, with more customers came labor-related headaches. Directly managing a delivery workforce comes with a slew of management and administrative-related burdens and costs for operators. Labor Wars.

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Safely Reopening Restaurants in the Era of COVID-19

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Some of these precautions are normal for any business closed for an extended period, while others are directly related to COVID-19 – with local health departments setting new enhanced safety guidelines. Train Employees to the Written Plan. Documentation is key here noting training dates, times and attendance.