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Best practices for improving recruitment, retention and training

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These states are great for servers, but how about employers?

A comparison of various research snapshots shows how aligned staff pay and restaurant performance are—or are not.

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Turnover of restaurant employees begins to slow

But the slight deceleration won’t be enough to knock retention off the top of most operators’ worry lists, says People Report.

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Starbucks offers backup child care to all employees

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 09, 2018

The new benefit gives all workers access to 10 days of subsidized care for children and seniors each year.

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Indies cope with labor woes

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 08, 2018

Top operators share how they are coping with workforce challenges.

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What's worrying independents in 2018?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 08, 2018

Leading operators share their top concerns—and how they are coping.

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The payoffs and pitfalls of keeping Gen Z restaurant staff

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 08, 2018

A comprehensive new study shows restaurants’ reputation as a workplace may be better than believed, yet they could be missing ways to boost retention among young folks.

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D.C. lawmakers vote to save the tip credit

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 03, 2018

The move effectively reverses a June ballot initiative.

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Fight for $15 plans 'massive' action against restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 28, 2018

The union-backed group is inviting workers across a number of industries to bolster the pressure by joining what it's calling a three-day "coast-to-coast uprising."

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Are you paying employees enough?

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 28, 2018

A new study benchmarks the prevailing pay rates for restaurant positions, underscoring the industry’s wide gender gap.

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Restaurants’ sexual harassment problems come to the fore

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 26, 2018

Here’s how operators can start to fix the issue, which has long plagued the restaurant industry.