4 Ways to Mentor Your Staff

4 Ways to Mentor Your Staff

In today’s understaffed kitchens it is all the more important that you do not loose any restaurant staff. Replacing a kitchen staff member can cost about 3,800 dollars, and with rising prices in a tight economy that in itself should be enough incentive to make a...
Business Credit – What You Need to Know

Business Credit – What You Need to Know

There are several important things you should know about business credit before you get yourself into a big credit mess that you can’t handle. Credit isn’t always bad, and if you now how to use your credit cards correctly your credit can end up being very...
Serving the Visually Impaired

Serving the Visually Impaired

Serving the visually impaired shows that your restaurant cares about all customers.  Most restaurants are not equipped to serve the visually impaired even though there are 7 billion visually impaired people in the U.S. If you are not ready to serve a blind or visually...
Tip Credit and Side Work

Tip Credit and Side Work

Tip credit workers are payed a lower wage than $7.25 and hour, because the restaurant owner is expecting the rest of their salary to come from the tips they collect. These employees, cannot do too much extra work that is not tip related. This extra work, or side work,...
Department of Labor Audit Tips

Department of Labor Audit Tips

What should you do to prepare for a Department of Labor audit? In recent years, the Department of Labor (DOL) has shifted some of its focus over to the restaurant industry, and they have also cracked down on its enforcement initiatives. The DOL generally invesitages...