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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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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

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These issues have translated to the industry’s insurers as well – causing even more headaches for restaurant owners. The restaurant insurance market has seen rising costs to insure and as a result, carriers have come and gone from the market.

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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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Restaurants Under Attack from Cybercriminals: How to Protect Your Business

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That's why it's essential for restaurants to consider cyber liability insurance. First, they typically store significant customer and employee data, including names, addresses, and credit card information. With cyber liability insurance, the costs of hiring attorneys and other legal expenses can be covered.

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Four Things Bar and Restaurant Owners Should Consider in their Coverage 

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With the laundry list of everything bar and restaurant owners need to handle on a daily basis, proper insurance coverage should be top priority. Proper communication with the insurance agent about all the ins and outs of the restaurant can help set up the policy right from the get-go.

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Pandemic Pivots Don’t Offset Restaurants’ Need to Manage Looming Risks

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These virtual brands have allowed restaurants to hone in on hot niche trends (anything chicken related, typically) with consumers. Everybody in the world is hiring at the same time.” Hiring bonuses are also being offered. The carryout-only brand of It’s Just Wings, operating out of Chili’s kitchens.

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

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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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