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How to reduce labor costs in a restaurant

Homebase

And as minimum wage creeps higher and higher, it has us wondering: how to reduce labor costs in a restaurant. Let’s learn how to calculate and how to reduce labor cost in a restaurant, the factors that may be contributing to increased labor costs—like time theft and unnecessary overtime—and the tools you can use to keep them in check.

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What Is Human Resources?

Analytics in HR

As a function, HR covers the processes, practices, and strategies to attract, develop, and retain employees who contribute to the company’s overall success. HR is vital in aligning the organization’s business objectives and employees’ needs and aspirations.

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The 10 small business tools you didn’t know you needed

Homebase

Things like coordinating communications, hiring and onboarding staff, managing payroll, plus organizing shift work and time off can cause a lot of stress. And not just for you, but for your employees, customers, and business partners, too. As a business owner, you’ve got a lot on the go. How does one manage it all?

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Conducting an HR Audit – Review, Identify, Improve

CCI Consulting

Essentially, HR audits are an efficient tool used to improve processes like recruitment, retention, onboarding, training, salary and compensation, payroll, performance management, and many more common practices within an HR department. The word “audit” generally elicits the idea that an aspect of the operation is doing something wrong.

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Building An HR Department: A Step-By-Step Guide

HR Tech Girl

HR departments have five principal functions: meeting staffing needs, employee compensation, employee benefits, performance assessment and appraisal, and law compliance. Their priority is to manage the needs and struggles of a company’s employees. Employee relations.

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Workforce Management: Everything You Need to Know

Zenefits

If you have employees and contractors, your workforce management responsibilities extend to both groups. This includes not only employees but also other types of workers, such as independent contractors , freelancers, seasonal workers, and temporary workers. In short, employers need a productive workforce in order to thrive.

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Court of appeals decision highlights risk of (mis)classifying employees

Ohio Employer's Law

I once handled a wage-and-hour investigation in which the employer, before retaining my services, hired an HR consultant to help classify its employees as exempt or non-exempt. As a “manager,” the employer had the employee classified as exempt under both the executive and administrative exemptions.