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Seven Questions Restaurants Should be Asking About Insurance Coverage

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While maybe less cute than National Pet Day (4/11) and less tasty than National Cheeseburger Day (9/18), National Insurance Day on June 28 encourages businesses to shop around for the BEST insurance partner to ensure financial success and safety for all involved.

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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

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Tip #1: Understand Why Worker Classification Matters Getting worker classification rights is more than just a legal obligation— it’s about optimizing your payroll, ensuring your staff receives the proper benefits and managing your workforce effectively. Facing an audit or investigation.

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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

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Bonus Tip : Structure your handbook around the employee lifecycle, covering company culture and recruitment through performance management and termination to ensure a clear, easy-to-follow guide for every stage of the employee experience. Prepare for Labor Law Changes Stay ahead of—and compliant with—upcoming labor law changes.

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

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In this environment, smart and strategic risk management has never been more important. Various risks may complicate the restaurant industry’s continuing recovery – how well they are anticipated and managed will make a difference. Everybody in the world is hiring at the same time.” Risks to Look Out For.

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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

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The misclassification of employees When hiring new workers, one of the most important decisions for restaurant owners to make is determining whether this individual will be an employee or independent contractor. The former are entitled to benefits such as minimum wage, overtime pay and workers’ compensation insurance.

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Is It Time to Reevaluate Your Restaurant or Bar Insurance?

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But now as the cloud of COVID is starting to lift and things are going back to normal, it’s important to assess whether those things are actually covered on a restaurateur’s insurance plan. Reviewing current sales can help restaurant owners better reflect numbers to date, which can save them some money on their insurance.

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