Employee Compensation and Benefits
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Article
Employee Healthcare Benefits Options for Your Independent Restaurant
A Dose of Healthy Reality. With a restaurant labor shortage, not offering health care benefits might no longer be a sustainable option.
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Article
The Key to Controlling Labor Cost: A Shift-by-Shift Strategy to Create a Winning Labor Budget
While the war on labor cost may never be totally won, the day-to-day battles can. The key to winning is to view each and every shift as an individual battle. You must have a battle plan if you expect to win more than you lose. Likewise, you must consistently execute the plan to accomplish your objec...
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Online Course
How to Create the Ideal Labor Budget
Labor cost is the biggest expense for most restaurants. Learn how to improve your scheduling and labor budgeting practices using tools you already have. Receive practical tips to create an ideal labor budget unique to your restaurant. How to Create the Ideal Labor Budget
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Article
Safe Not Sorry...How Workers' Compensation Works
Depending on your state and your restaurant's claim history, your workers' compensation insurance premiums can be a significant expense. In this article, we explain how insurers determine them, and what you can do to keep yours as low as possible.
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Competitor Pay Rate Survey
If you want to know what the market pay rates are for restaurant staffing in your area, begin by finding out what your competition is paying. Use this form to collect and record the pay rates of area restaurants for simlilar job positions
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Success Story
Lumberyard Restaurant Implements New Practices to Cut Labor Costs and Boost Sales
When California's minimum wage law went into effect, Cary Redfearn - Owner of the Lumberyard Restaurant, was ready with a three part plan to decrease labor costs, re-engineer the menu and increase sales without raising menu prices.




