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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

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As an example, a restaurant owner doing payroll by hand may incorrectly record overtime pay and tip records, which subsequently leads to tax errors. Restaurants can require the involuntary pooling of tips with other staff members at the restaurant, as long as this money does not go to owners, managers or supervisors.

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Revolutionizing Restaurants: Embracing Tech Solutions in a Challenging Labor Market

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With the right platform, restaurants can reduce the time managers spend scheduling and performing other labor-management duties, including payroll and tip distribution. Staffing and workforce management tools are also proving useful.

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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

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Labor management solutions with multiplatform functionality can also equip tech-savvy workers with mobile capabilities, allowing employees to clock in/clock out, adjust schedules, communicate with managers and complete training programs from their mobile devices.

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How Advanced Technology Can Foster a Fair Environment Amid New Tipping Regulations

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The newly proposed restaurant tipping regulations soon to be implemented by the U.S. The regulations, which are set to become law in April, will eliminate the “80/20” rule that previously mandated employees earning a tipped minimum wage could only spend 20 percent of their shift performing non-tipped tasks.

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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

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Ahead of 2024, we will share the all-too-common disasters that can strike restaurants from fires to civil unrest to water damage with pragmatic and proactive tips that can help curb the repercussions. Manage Access to Keys : Only distribute exterior-door keys to employees who must have access.

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Back of House, Yet Front-Facing Priority – Restaurant BOH Trends to Monitor in 2023

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They include restaurant management tips for cutting costs, decreasing food waste, and much more. – received the majority of customer tips. In order to more evenly distribute this income, some restaurants in 2023 are moving toward a system that spreads the wealth around for BOH staff (cooks, maintenance personnel, etc.).

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Leverage Technology that Streamlines Your Back-Office Work

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Behind the scenes, managers spend countless hours dealing with tip distributions, creating weekly schedules in spreadsheets, and doing the dreaded payroll twice a month. Over the past several years, restaurants have focused on equipping their staff with the tools they need to do their jobs better.