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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

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These issues have translated to the industry’s insurers as well – causing even more headaches for restaurant owners. The restaurant insurance market has seen rising costs to insure and as a result, carriers have come and gone from the market.

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Mastering Worker Classification: Seven Essential Tips for Restaurant Owners

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Benefits and Protections Full-time employees are often entitled to benefits such as health insurance, paid leave and retirement plans, whereas part-time and temporary employees may not be. Independent contractors usually have greater flexibility, provide their own tools, and are often hired for specific projects or short-term engagements.

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

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Simplify Health Insurance Open Enrollment Health insurance is one of the most valuable benefits you offer, so make open enrollment a central, streamlined year-end activity. Bonus Tip : Set a recurring calendar reminder to conduct quarterly payroll audits in 2025 so you can catch discrepancies even earlier.

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Is It Time to Reevaluate Your Restaurant or Bar Insurance?

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But now as the cloud of COVID is starting to lift and things are going back to normal, it’s important to assess whether those things are actually covered on a restaurateur’s insurance plan. Reviewing current sales can help restaurant owners better reflect numbers to date, which can save them some money on their insurance.

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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

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The misclassification of employees When hiring new workers, one of the most important decisions for restaurant owners to make is determining whether this individual will be an employee or independent contractor. The former are entitled to benefits such as minimum wage, overtime pay and workers’ compensation insurance.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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As we start to welcome back workers, doing things as they were before isn't going to work—especially in hiring. That all begins at the hiring level. Before you can even put out a job posting make sure know exactly what you'll be hiring for. Do some planning and get a clear picture of exactly what you need to hire for.

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Four Questions to Ask When Evaluating Third-Party Delivery Services

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The food is then delivered by drivers hired by the service. In that case, there may not be any insurance outside the driver’s personal auto insurance. If you’re contracting with a third-party delivery service, let your insurance agent know. Ask how the service screens its potential drivers.

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