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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

Modern Restaurant Management

Independent contractors usually have greater flexibility, provide their own tools, and are often hired for specific projects or short-term engagements. The worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business.

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

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Communicating Changes : Share changes in team meetings or one-on-ones to make sure everyone understands and has easy access to the updated version. Bonus Tip : Create a simple FAQ document to address common employee questions about coverage options. Bonus Tip : Survey your team about preferred shifts to reduce scheduling conflicts.

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Complicated Hiring Practices Drive Candidates Away.  Make Them Simple

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring remains a significant challenge for the restaurant industry. Hiring is difficult enough. Hourly hiring is traditionally a complicated process – requiring applicants to create accounts, navigate clunky job websites, and fill out paperwork. People want a simple, straightforward process to getting hired.

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Building Resilient and Less-Stress Restaurant Operations

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By clearly assigning and documenting tasks, you help staff members know what’s expected of them, ultimately leading to smoother operations and less stress during busy shifts. Open communication, recognition for hard work, and team-building activities can improve morale and make the job feel less overwhelming.

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

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Safety training should take place upon hire for all new employees, but that should not be a one-time event. Anytime a restaurant has a change in operations, such as adding liquor to their offerings, restaurant owners should communicate this with their insurer as well.

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14 Bar Manager Interview Questions to Hire the Perfect Fit for Your Venue

7 Shifts

Feedback and open communication are also key. They may talk about how they documented the problem, followed up with the team members, and made the call to retain or let go of the staff. 7shifts is a scheduling, payroll, and tip management appthat makes it easier to coordinate schedules and communicate with team members.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Often the upsell from franchisors and service providers includes seemingly convenient, useful, and “free” extras like employee handbooks, wage and hour policies, and employment forms, but these one-size-fits-all documents are often tailored to federal law and don’t account for changes in California law.