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Controlling What You Can: Risk Reduction and Restaurant Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

Nobody wants to intentionally break local labor laws, but manual scheduling and clock in makes it all too easy to miss something like employees not taking required breaks or scheduling shifts back-to-back. Labor scheduling software makes it easy to avoid these common missteps. Monitor Pandemic Health and Sanitation.

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Safely Reopening Restaurants in the Era of COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, most closed restaurants may not maintain regularly scheduled pest control service—providing harborage to cockroaches or rodents that thrive in dark, undisturbed recesses of a vacated food facility. Documentation is key here noting training dates, times and attendance. Train Employees to the Written Plan.

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What Should a Return to Work Program Include?

Modern Restaurant Management

Documents for internal case management. Look at routine work like phone/online ordering, hosting, side work, assembling take-out kits, verifying and expediting orders, delivering car-side pick-up, sanitizing activities, etc. Items to document: Important dates and outcomes (employee contacts, exam & therapy visits, etc.).

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Safety First: Welcoming Restaurant Employees Back

Modern Restaurant Management

Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) claims can derive from modified schedules or remote work. During the training, encourage employees to document physically demanding job duties such as heavy lifting to help identify and plan around potential injury risks. Familiarize yourself with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Creating a Culture of Cleanliness 

Modern Restaurant Management

For food contact surfaces, you can instruct employees to use a disinfectant cleaner for added assurance, but they must rinse the surface afterwards and then apply a no-rinse sanitizer. Cleaning beyond high-touch surfaces is crucial, as coronavirus spreads easily and quickly.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

Modern Restaurant Management

The documents released today will help small businesses seek forgiveness at the conclusion of the eight week covered period, which begins with the disbursement of their loans. Adapting with a tighter, more focused menu to allow kitchens to better plan labor and prep needs and manage enhanced sanitation routines.

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Restaurant Employee Onboarding: How-to and Common Topics

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Scheduling Tools: Managing the shift schedule is one of the biggest challenges of managing an efficient restaurant. Many restaurant chains have implemented some sort of restaurant scheduling software to help with this process. This includes information on food storage, food preparation, and cleaning and sanitizing procedures.