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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

7 Shifts

Department of Labor updated tip pooling laws to include back-of-house staff in tip pooling. The District of Columbia is looking to ban it by 2027. For front-of-house staff, tipping provides an incentive to provide excellent service and then be rewarded for this hard work. Read more Adventures of Tippy comics.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

A large percentage of restaurants remain understaffed, especially in back-of-house positions, which have emerged as the largest pain point regarding staffing in restaurants. The study further offers a forecast of the global chained consumer foodservice market for the period 2019-2027. To learn more, click here. Early Bird v.