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A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Staff Tips in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Managing staff tips in a restaurant can be a delicate balancing act. Tipping policies affect morale, teamwork, and the overall success of your establishment. Bartenders : May receive a share of tips for serving drinks and supporting table service. Evaluate Legal Considerations Tipping laws vary widely by region.

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Patio Season is Here. Make it Your Best Summer Ever with 7shifts Tools Built for Restaurants

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Tip Pooling overview. With more customers dining inside and out on the patio this season, you need the ability to create custom tip pools that fit your restaurant’s needs. Tip pooling can help you determine which type of tips are included, which roles receive tips from the pool, and how distribution is calculated.

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Protecting Your Restaurant During the Pandemic When Employees Return from Vacation

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These seven tips can help ensure employees and guests are protected when employees return from vacation: Follow Official Guidance. If you amend your employee handbook or policies, be sure to inform employees, distribute the revised document(s), and have employees acknowledge the changes by requesting a signature receipt.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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Workers – 40 points To address employee concerns, you will be asked to discuss pay structures and scale, benefits packages and distribution and speak to the health and safety of your operation. During the pandemic, we implemented a whole-house tip pool and instituted an internal $15 minimum wage.

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Ultimate Guide to Payroll Automation for Restaurants

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Payroll automation solves these issues by streamlining tasks like tracking hours, distributing tips, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. Here’s why it matters and how to get started: Key Benefits : Automatically tracks hours, tips, and shifts. Managing payroll manually in restaurants is time-consuming and error-prone.

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Ultimate Restaurant Payroll Guide 2021

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Doing payroll," or “running payroll,” encompasses the following: Calculating how much money (including tips) your business owes employees and contractors during a specific pay period. After tips, Max makes the state minimum wage of $10/hour. Tipped employees are classified by the U.S. Some states have their own qualifications.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

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First, you need to include their pay and how they will be paid, as well as your overtime and tips policies. Should a staff member break the rules with a fireable offense, you will have documentation that protects you from any wrongful dismissal. It makes every little task trackable, transparent—and most importantly—accounted for.)