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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Give them an overview of what they will learn and do during onboarding, and how long the process will take. Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform.

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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

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Don’t fret if you’ve made hiring decisions based on other criteria; you can still keep your employees engaged, but it’s going to take some work. If you don’t have 7shifts yet, you can alternatively create a simple Google Form survey or a paper survey for employees to fill out after each shift. Second, track employee attendance.

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Breaking Down New York State Tips Laws for Restaurant Owners

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Tips belong to the employee, not the employer, and employers can’t take any part of employee tips, with one exception: employers can take a percentage of tips for a valid tip pool. But some states disagree, and where a state’s policies are more generous to workers than the FLSA, the state’s policies take precedence.

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Halloween Costumes for Working in a Restaurant ??

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Vintage or retro waitress uniforms usually consist of a collared and pocketed dress, an apron, and a sleek updo. This outfit pairs perfectly with your regular work duties of carrying serving trays, pouring coffee, and taking dinner orders—making it easy to stay in character all night.

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Breaking Down New York State Tips Laws for Restaurant Owners

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Tips belong to the employee, not the employer, and employers can’t take any part of employee tips, with one exception: employers can take a percentage of tips for a valid tip pool. But some states disagree, and where a state’s policies are more generous to workers than the FLSA, the state’s policies take precedence.

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

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But it’s going to take more than a few. There is a way out of this labor crisis, and it’s going to take more than simply “adapting” to a temporary reality. It takes a lot of guts to fight for change. If there’s a job opening near them it’s no wonder they take it. Table of Contents. How Did Things Get This Bad?

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Two Independent Restaurateurs Share Reopening Lessons Learned

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Dan stated, “We have been in constant contact with all of our employees, checking in on them multiple times a week to see how their unemployment benefits are working out, if they have another job, and if they have the desire to come back. The TX Gov came out with rules of engagement guidelines and I immediately printed it out.