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RIPPLING for restaurants

Focus on profits with Rippling

Consolidate and automate HR and payroll on one platform

Staff your locations to align with customer demand

Attract and retain top talent in a high-turnover industry

Reduce costly penalties with automatic compliance audits

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AUTOMATION

Simplify routine restaurant HR processes

Onboard new staff in 90 seconds

Automate complex payroll processes like overtime pay, tip to minimum, wage garnishments, and more

Easily track and manage employee attendance across multiple operations and locations

Seamlessly integrate with 600+ third-party apps like NetSuite and QuickBooks

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DATA-DRIVEN Staffing

Staff to meet demand

Let managers build their team schedules according to rules you define

Match employee schedules to demand to ensure you're never over- or understaffed

Schedule breaks during down time

Use attendance data to schedule your most reliable staff for critical hours

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STAFF RETENTION

Retain top talent with a better employee experience

Allow staff to swap shifts within the parameters and approval chains you design

Decrease frustration by building schedules that respect staff availability

Let staff self serve with on-the-go access to Rippling’s easy-to-use mobile app

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COMPLIANCE

Mitigate costly compliance risks

Manage global, federal, state, and local labor law compliance with policies that update as laws change

Receive automated alerts for any potential compliance violations in your schedules

Enroll staff in required training based on role and location, and track course completion

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Built different

An HR solution built for restaurants and configured for you

Your business is unique and so are your needs for an HR platform. Whether creating custom reports to highlight metrics that matter to your business or setting up tailored staffing rules for each team, you can configure our system to fit your needs.

Customer Spotlight

Millennial Restaurant Group saved 1000+ hours administering payroll and benefits

“Those legacy systems, in my opinion, I just don’t know how they survive with companies like you out there. Never would I consider going back for any reason to one of those types of systems. Rippling is a home run.”

BARBARA POWELL, VP OF OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR MILLENNIAL RESTAURANT GROUP

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33%

Reduction in weekly costs to run payroll

1,000+

Administrative hours saved

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Restaurants run better on Rippling

Rippling lets you manage payroll and HR for your restaurant business on one platform.

FAQs

What does HR software for restaurants do?

HR software is designed to streamline and automate various HR processes within the restaurant industry such as payroll, onboarding, attendance tracking, scheduling, training and development, recruitment, and compliance. It helps HR professionals manage employee data and enhance productivity.

What are the benefits of using Rippling for restaurants? 

Rippling streamlines workforce management with an all-in-one retail HR solution that brings together everything you need to manage and pay your restaurant workforce, including hiring, scheduling, and payroll processing. Rippling automates onboarding, schedule building, approval flows, and benefits deductions. It also syncs with payroll, saving time and minimizing errors. 

Employees can use Rippling’s intuitive mobile app to clock in and out, access their schedules, request time off, view pay stubs, and update personal information. It empowers employees to manage their own HR-related tasks while reducing the administrative burden on HR staff. Staying compliant with complex labor regulations is critical for avoiding penalties in the restaurant sector. Rippling automatically flags local, regional, and national infractions—and recommends a plan of action for each one.

How does Rippling work with my existing systems?

Rippling’s 600+ integrations keep your teams productive and your systems in sync—helping you get more from the tools you use most. Rippling integrates with business software and tools such as accounting software, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and other HR-related platforms.

Rippling offers a robust, secure, and streamlined integration experience, empowering users to efficiently manage their HR, IT, and finance operations. Our integrations feature data import and compensation data models, security and authorization features, integration setup and growth, along with analytics, billing, and best practices.

How does Rippling help manage my hourly workforce?

Rippling brings together all the tools needed to manage hourly workers—like tracking hours, processing payroll, managing time off, and creating schedules, in one place. This saves you time, reduces expenses, and can even boost employee retention.

With Rippling’s intuitive mobile app, hourly workers can view their schedules and pay stubs, request time off, swap shifts, and clock in and out. Rippling automatically tracks hours and syncs them with payroll which eliminates manual data entry. In addition, the scheduling feature allows managers to build compliant schedules which automatically enforce overtime, meal breaks, and other labor laws. 

How does Rippling simplify scheduling for my restaurant business?

Rippling makes scheduling easier for your restaurant business by putting everything you need in one place. You can create schedules quickly, stay compliant with labor laws effortlessly, and make staffing decisions based on customer demand. Your employees can conveniently access and manage their schedules, request changes, and input time off using the Rippling mobile app or web browser.

How does Rippling help me track my employee’s time?

Rippling Time & Attendance syncs directly with your payroll and automatically performs calculations for PTO or benefits deductions, giving you real-time insight into how employee hours are affecting payroll costs.

Does Rippling have a mobile app?

Yes, Rippling offers an intuitive app for Apple and Android devices.

Which is the best HR software for restaurants?

Rippling offers an advantage that outperforms most other HR software options. While many HCM providers build their full-suite by acquiring products and stitching them together, Rippling builds all of its software in house. Rippling’s HR applications function seamlessly, making it easy to build workflows and pull reports across modules.

How do restaurant businesses manage payroll?

Restaurant payroll management encompasses the entire process of calculating employee hours, paying employees, withholding taxes, and maintaining the financial documentation for your business. Rippling makes the process seamless and simple by syncing all of your restaurant business’s HR data with payroll. Rippling takes care of managing and withholding deductions and garnishments, and calculating overtime, retroactive pay, and tip to minimum. Rippling also handles calculating taxes, withholding taxes, maintaining compliance with regulations, and paying workers. Additionally, Rippling stores electronic copies of all employee tax forms for reference or audit purposes—they’re attached to an employee’s profile, even after termination, so you’ll only ever need to look in one place for any form.