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What the Joint Employer Rule Will Mean for Franchise Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

" I give a lot of keynote presentations to restaurant brands, and most of them are franchises. They advise them on how to market their restaurant. Lawyers have spooked them into avoiding conversations about managing employees for fear of taking on the liability of being joint employers. They give them the tools.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

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Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties.

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How Florida Restaurateurs Can Stay on Top of Human Trafficking Issues

Modern Restaurant Management

Moreover, where it’s most hidden is in the hospitality and restaurant industries. At the minimum, restaurants should display signage about the issue in common employee spaces. Fellow restaurant workers though, are. Patrons, then, aren’t in a position to recognize the signs. ·The U.S.

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Federal Government Raises Overtime Threshold

Modern Restaurant Management

According to Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees , effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888 and increase to $58,656 on January 1, 2025. million employees, and create an additional $1.2

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Restaurant Bookkeeping: Comprehensive Guide to Master Bookkeeping

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Bookkeeping is one of the most essential aspects of any restaurant business. After all, a small, honest mistake can accumulate over time and turn into bigger operational problems— 17% of restaurants even fail in their first year due to mismanagement of finances.

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March/April 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The law will become effective on March 29, 2021, and applies retroactively to sick leave taken beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties.