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Daily, Weekly, Biweekly? What’s the Best Pay Schedule for My Restaurant?

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Advantages/disadvantages : Because significantly less paychecks are being distributed (12 per year as opposed to the usual 26 or 52), monthly payouts makes tracking payroll simpler for restaurant managers. Workers may also find waiting weeks to receive their tips a hard pill to swallow.

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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

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When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. In most other parts of the world, tips are not expected—and in some cases, it's considered rude to tip. History of Tipping: How did gratuity become integral to our restaurant culture?

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Our Wage Models are Broken

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The institution of tipping and the existence of the sub-minimum wage is heavily rooted in slavery , and has led to decades of underpaying a workforce that is majority black, brown, and female. In other words, tips can legally be split between kitchen and waitstaff. This isn’t an easy conversation to have.

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May/June 2021 Legal Update

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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. These lawsuits argued that prioritizing distribution of RRF funds to groups based on race and gender was unconstitutional. Legislation.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

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." Steven Hall, president of Hall PR and co-founder of the campaign, added, "This is a tremendous opportunity for the community to show their love and support for the hospitality industry and to ensure the future of their favorite restaurants, not to mention the many people who may be forced out of work. and Canada. Sign up here.

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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

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In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want is a phone call from the alarm company at an early morning hour about a fire, break-in or other disaster at your business. Manage Access to Keys : Only distribute exterior-door keys to employees who must have access. Picture this – it’s 5 a.m.

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8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit (And How to Retain Them)

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As of 2019, hospitality had a national average turnover rate of 75% , and that's only grown since the pandemic. 73% of those employees still receive tips. Implement a tip pool. Tip pooling is another way that restaurants are changing up compensation more fair across the board. The Solution: Adjust your compensation.