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⚖️ Navigating Labor Compliance: A Crucial Element in Restaurant Management! 🍽️ Labor compliance laws are the backbone of employee protection, but let's face it—they can be a maze to navigate. The last thing you want on your plate when crafting a schedule is the worry of breaking the law. The consequences can be serious. Thankfully, it's easier than you think with the right tools. Key Takeaways: 🔄 Essential Protection: Labor compliance laws are there to safeguard employees, ensuring fair treatment and working conditions. 🤯 Navigating Complexity: Acknowledging the potential confusion, this article breaks down Florida restaurant labor laws, making them more accessible and manageable. 🛠️ Choosing the Right Tools: When selecting scheduling and team management tools, prioritize those that help you stay compliant effortlessly. It's about running your restaurant smoothly without the legal headaches. Shameless plug - 7shifts: Team Management for Restaurants is built specifically for restaurants to help keep you compliant everywhere in North America. #LaborCompliance #RestaurantManagement #EmployeeProtection #7shiftsInsights

#Industry I These findings are part of a national food precincts program where The Fair Work Ombudsman have often found that low-cost dining comes at the expense of workers’ lawful wages. The FWO found that 74% of businesses had breached #workplace laws. #WorkplaceEthics #WorkplaceLaws #FoodIndustry #Australia #Lawfulwages

What are your thoughts on #California food service employees being paid what is getting closer to a living wage ($20/hr) ? Love to hear from employees and managers on this.

Maine’s dining scene is changing, not just on menus but behind the scenes too. What does this mean? Tip pools can now include back-of-house employees who typically do not receive tips (such as kitchen staff), offering employers an opportunity to create pay equity among their employees. But, to do so, employers must comply with certain restrictions. Here’s an article that breaks down what these changes may mean for your business.

How will the new six-factor test from the U.S. Dept of Labor — designed to clarify standards around the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors — affect third-party delivery companies? Joanna Fantozzi breaks down how things might shake out after the rule goes into effect March 11. Nation's Restaurant News #tech #foodtech #foodservice #restaurants #legislation #delivery #thirdparty https://lnkd.in/ePU9qjk6

FAIRFIELD, OH – Federal inspectors examining injury and illness records at a Fairfield food services warehouse found workers suffered severe injuries at nearly four times the average rate for their industry, with a high percentage of these injuries categorized as ergonomic musculoskeletal disorders.Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found workers at The Martin-Brower Co. LLC performed manual material handling lifting tasks involving repeated hazardous forceful exertions and awkward postures, which placed them at risk for low back injuries. These workers move and load materials bound for fast food restaurants in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. “OSHA found Martin-Brower Co. workers at high risk for musculoskeletal disorders because of the high frequency, long duration of hours worked, awkward postures, and weight of materials being lifted,” said OSHA Area Director Ken Montgomery in Cincinnati. “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are among the most frequently reported causes of lost or restricted work time.” Martin-Brower’s total recordable injury rate at the Fairfield facility was nearly four times higher from 2020 through 2023 than the industry average of 5.4 per 100 workers in 2021 for grocery and related wholesale products companies. The Fairfield facility’s recordable injury rate for cases that involved days away, restriction, or transfer of employees was four times higher from 2021 through 2023 than the industry average of 4.1 per 100 workers. During this time period, the rate of severe ergonomic injuries alone at the Fairfield facility was at least two times higher than the industry average for all categories of severe injury and illness cases.The agency cited the Fairfield warehouse for three serious violations and proposed $41,483 in penalties and issued 4 hazard alert letters. The   company was cited under the General Duty Clause for failing to provide a workplace free of known hazards by repeatedly exposing workers to known ergonomic hazards. OSHA also issued citations for exposing workers to fire and struck by hazards.Based in Rosemont, Illinois, the company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.Learn more about OSHA and preventing musculoskeletal disorders and injuries.  

Restaurants are you ready for the new law on tipping? 🪙🧾 Soon you will need to: 🪙 Ensure all tips are distributed fairly between workers, without any deductions. 🪙Have a written policy on tipping, available to workers and customers. 🪙Provide a breakdown to workers on how tips are distributed and how much they will receive. If a restaurant breaks the law, they can be taken to an employment tribunal and can be ordered to pay the tips and revise their tipping policy. Does your card machine segregate the tips from the card turnover? These records can be important to help you comply with this legislation. I offer a card machine that provides this breakdown so it’s easy to keep track. DM or call me on 07472 583002 for details. #restaurant #hospitality #pub #thecardmachinelady ©️🕊️

Restaurants and other orgs with tipped workers: The legal landscape could be changing. Proposals to abolish subminimum tipped wages in Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine, would substantially increase restaurant labor costs if passed. In places like California and Illinois, worker protection proposals like the FAST Recovery Act and the Workers’ Rights Amendment are reshaping collective bargaining and minimum wage regulations. These changes will likely result in higher operational costs for restaurants. That’s why it’s essential to keep up with legal changes in your industry. Stay ahead of restaurant laws in 2024 with workplace training from EasyLlama, which is always updated for the most recent legislative requirements. https://lnkd.in/eQfKSyT7

What are your thoughts? Let's face it, every dollar counts today for the restaurant business. Soft costs equal hard bottom-line dollars. Let ADP help by streamlining your manual and redundant processes. Let's talk. @adpcanhelp