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

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A new year is creeping up on us again, bringing fresh opportunities—and challenges—for restaurant operators. From updating policies to gearing up for tax season, these steps will enhance your compliance and position your restaurant for sustained growth.

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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

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Navigating the bustling world of the restaurant industry comes with its own set of challenges, and one critical area that often flies under the radar is worker classification. Key considerations include: Wage and Hour Laws The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets standards for minimum wage, overtime pay and recordkeeping.

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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

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While these cases may be on the more extreme side, restaurant owners have to be careful not to fall into any traps when it comes to payroll, as even accidental violations could still yield big penalties. Staffing levels have been on the upswing since the dark days of the pandemic, with the number of jobs at bars and restaurants up nearly 0.7

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Is It Time to Reevaluate Your Restaurant or Bar Insurance?

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One thing is for sure, those in the restaurant industry are well-poised for resiliency in the face of challenge — and they have overcome some real hurdles in the past year. Restaurants that could quickly evolved to offer take out and curbside service and delivery options — and to-go cocktails became part of those offerings.

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The Employment Landscape is Messy: How Restaurants Can Ensure Compliance with Limited Resources

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Let’s start with an uncontroversial premise: California’s complex, ever-changing gauntlet of employment laws is difficult for any company to navigate. Yet you may still be wondering why, aside from the headache, does it matter for my restaurant? California employment law isn’t intuitive. Why Compliance Matters.

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Three Tips for Managing a Healthy Restaurant Workforce

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Your restaurant is open and customers are back. An increase in these injuries could result in higher insurance rates in the long term; in the short term, they disrupt your ability to operate at peak capacity and could negatively impact the morale of all employees. Restaurants are struggling to find people in a tight market.

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Defects in Buildings: What Restaurant Owners Need to Know

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Restaurant owners should likewise be concerned about the condition of their premises. If your restaurant was recently constructed, you may be under warranty for certain claims. Consult a construction defect law firm to evaluate a potential lawsuit. Review your commercial property insurance policy.

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