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Practical Tips for Hiring and Retaining Seasonal Restaurant Staff

Modern Restaurant Management

Start Early, Hire Smart The best seasonal teams are built long before the season starts. Begin recruitment at least six to eight weeks in advance, and tap into multiple channels such as local colleges, culinary schools, job fairs, employee referrals, and past seasonal hires. Documenting all expectations is also recommended.

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Reopening a Restaurant in a New Location? Don’t Skip This Step

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This is where hiring professional restaurant equipment movers becomes crucial. The new location should reflect your brand values in every detail, from the signage and interior design to the uniforms and playlist. If possible, involve them in decisions like layout changes or new uniforms. Is your restaurant casual and quirky?

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Who Was Chef Marie-Antoine Carême, the Subject of a (Sexy!) New Apple TV+ Series?

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French cuisine remains one of historys best documented, and though names like Escoffier, Soyer, Point, Verg, and Bocuse are thrown around (and are indeed important in their own right), Carme was haute cuisines original maestro. Were it not for Carme, however, it may never have been documented as precisely or as extensively.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Onboarding overview Let new hires know what they can expect from the onboarding process.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Whether one acts “ directly or indirectly ” can be determined by a four factor balancing test – the main change to the FLSA implemented by the USDL – which relate to the control of one over the employer’s employee by the Benefited Party: Hiring/firing employee. Maintaining employee’s employment records.

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Restaurant Labor Laws Cheat Sheet: New York State

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Additionally, you may not require employees to pay for or maintain required uniforms. For example, you can save money on uniform costs by asking waiters to wear a white button-up shirt with a tie rather than a custom-made shirt and tie with your logo on them.

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How to Improve Restaurant Operations: 9 Proven Strategies

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Create a restaurant operations manual A restaurant operations manual ensures that your business procedures are well-documented, concise, and readily available for your employees' reference. This is important, especially if you're training and hiring new employees. Why is improving operational efficiency important?