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3 unexpected consequences of scheduling legislation

 By Alaina Lancaster on Aug. 09, 2017

Two years after San Francisco became the first of a growing list of jurisdictions to limit restaurant scheduling, the industry is contending with some unexpected side effects.

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Zoes Kitchen debuts employee support program

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 17, 2017

The Goodness Fund financially supports employees who experience unforeseen emergencies.

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3 ways Cameron Mitchell Restaurants drives down turnover

By Alaina Lancaster on Feb. 01, 2018

Here’s how the 16-concept restaurant group retains top talent.

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Tip sharing gets green light, with limits

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 13, 2018

The go-ahead, applicable only to operations that don’t take a tip credit, was issued with little notice this week.

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Training millennials

By Sara Rush Wirth on May 18, 2015

Getting millennial recruits up to snuff means re-evaluating longstanding procedures, such as handbooks and classroom learning, in order to jive with the tendencies and preferences of this always-questioning, tech-dependent demographic.

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3 benefits to steal from the tech industry

By Alaina Lancaster on Oct. 18, 2016

Restaurants are stealing a page out of Silicon Valley’s book filled with unheard-of benefits and annotating it to fit the industry framework.

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4 key employee types

By Alaina Lancaster on Aug. 22, 2017

They’re dynamic and elusive, they’re transforming the workplace, and they might be harder to get than ever. Here, four key employee types—and how to win them over.

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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.

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Tip pooling plan runs into a buzzsaw of public outrage

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 05, 2018

Public comments on a proposal to allow tips to be shared with back-of-house staff have been plentiful and negative. There are also allegations the Department of Labor hid a damning projection of the rule change's impact on servers' income.

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Tip credit reconsideration begins in N.Y.

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 20, 2018

The first in a series of hearings was convened Friday to gauge the public's opinion on disallowing the break in pay for the employers of tipped employees.

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