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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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What Restaurant Owners Need to Grow: Legal Strategies for Long-Term Success

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A carefully crafted Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) and clear franchise agreements are key to setting expectations and maintaining transparency with your franchise partners. If you are considering overseas expansion, collaborate with legal experts who specialize in international restaurant ownership and/or franchising.

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Employment Law Considerations as Restaurants Reopen

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For restaurants, this means dine-in service will begin again — or will be soon — and more employees will be returning to work. The following is a look at just some of the considerations regarding employees that restaurant owners and managers will need to focus on in the weeks and months to come.

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Special Considerations for Restaurants and Franchised Businesses Under the CARES Act

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Accordingly, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has special provisions designed to ensure that those affected will still have access to desperately needed rescue funds. Department of Labor, more than 60 percent of March job losses came from restaurants and bars. The Paycheck Protection Program.

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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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Surviving Disruption: How New COVID-19 Legislation Can Assist the Restaurant Industry

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The program was created to help small businesses (fewer than 500 employees) with funds to pay up to eight weeks of payroll costs, including benefits. As an example, a private equity-owned restaurant group might qualify for the PPP by having fewer than 500 employees per location. Employee Retention Credit. 10 million.

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COVID-19 Resources for Restaurants

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This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners. In addition to the latest resources on COVID-19 restaurant and employee recovery programs, RestaurantsAct.com offers a brand new, industry-first interactive map of each state, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.