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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

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Understanding whether your staff are employees or independent contractors isn’t just about following the rules—it’s key to maintaining a fair, compliant and smoothly running establishment. Employees classified as exempt from overtime must meet specific criteria, such as executive or administrative duties.

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

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Update Your Employee Handbook Your employee handbook sets the tone for your culture by establishing expectations and aligning your team toward a common goal and vision. Bonus Tip : Create a simple FAQ document to address common employee questions about coverage options.

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A Combination of Traditional, Remote Audits and Self-Auditing Will Trend into the Future

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Restaurants have traditionally relied on annual, biannual, or quarterly audits, where an inspector visits the facility and conducts an in-person assessment of health and safety protocols. Here’s some key information to know about remote audits: Remote Audits are Thorough and Comprehensive.

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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

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The restaurant industry is still dealing with pandemic-related issues, including supply chain disruptions, new COVID variants and surging cases, labor shortages, rising prices, and a shift in consumer demand. Make food safety and customer reassurance a priority to create a brand that customers (and employees) trust and support.

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AI in the Restaurant Industry: Unlocking Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

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AI technology can help restaurants protect themselves and their customers from financial losses stemming from card-related fraud. The technology can rapidly surface data and identify and analyze patterns related to customer habits and preferences, track sales trends, forecast demand for ingredients, and identify operational bottlenecks.

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Managing Risk and Protecting Your Brand

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Following government recommendations is always required but going the extra mile by providing a positive culture with purpose can help your employees feel more invested in protecting customers and your business. When employees feel safe, informed, and engaged, then customers will feel safe. Increase Self-Assessments at Every Location.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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B Corp Certification, a credential bestowed by the non-profit organization B Labs, is a way for businesses to address those concerns and more as they undertake an in-depth auditing process, and come out with a seal of authenticity around their sustainability and social responsibility claims and a branding kit to help promote it.