labor costs

Is severance pay required if a restaurant closes?

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Dec. 06, 2017

Sometimes, employees have contracts that require it, but most do not, Advice Guy says.

Minneapolis servers make a statistical case for keeping tip credit

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 28, 2017

A group allied with the state's restaurant association is circulating a study that pegs the income of servers and nontipped employees. It makes the case that servers could end up with less money if a $15 hourly wage is instituted for all hourlies.

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3 ways top-performing restaurant chains retain general managers

By Alaina Lancaster on Dec. 22, 2017

Chains with winning sales numbers do these three things for their GMs.

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5 creative bonuses and perks that keep employees around

By Alaina Lancaster on May 11, 2017

Check out how restaurateurs are sweetening compensation deals to attract and retain workers.

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This week’s 6 head-spinning moments: Surprises. Or not.

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 26, 2018

Unexpected developments abounded in the restaurant business, from a surge in popularity of hurling hatchets to new revelations about how much some restaurants pay.

3 answers to restaurants' most vexing labor problems

By Alaina Lancaster on Jun. 12, 2017

Unemployment rates and high turnover are hammering the industry. Here’s what restaurants can do to cope, according to analysis of new research.

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Restaurants are struggling to find people

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 09, 2018

Higher wages are putting pressure on chains to grow sales in a tough environment.

Trump administration backs away from overtime hike

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 30, 2017

The U.S. Department of Labor said it will not press in court for doubling the compensation threshold that determines which restaurant managers and assistant managers qualify for overtime pay.

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