Restaurant HR & Payroll Software
Serve Up Success with People-First HR & Payroll Restaurant Software
Improve restaurant operations and ensure your employees are cared for—tackle high turnover, wage and tip complexities, strict compliance and scheduling demands with HR software designed to meet your unique restaurant-specific needs.
Versatile, Scalable Software for Restaurants
Whether they’re in the kitchen, front of house, or management—your people deserve technology that frees them up to focus on giving every guest a great experience. isolved People Cloud™ delivers comprehensive human capital management (HCM) software purpose-built to ease the administrative burdens of operating your restaurant business. HR, payroll, recruiting, onboarding, scheduling, compliance reporting and much more—whether you have one location or one hundred, gain a trusted partnership to support your entire workforce at any point in your journey.
Owner Peace of Mind
Talent Acquisition: Attract the best possible talent with optimized hiring and simplified benefits enrollment
Better Visibility: Get timely insights into overall workforce trends and patterns
One Platform: Schedule large groups of employees or even the entire workforce in one centralized platform
Manager Efficiency
Greater Efficiency: Offer paperless, personalized onboarding to expedite time-to-productivity
Improved Planning: Manage credential tracking and ongoing learning to facilitate succession planning
Ease of Scheduling: Enable flexible scheduling with self-service shift swaps and real-time communication
Administrator Success
Stay Informed: Ensure compliance with the latest reporting, accreditation and regulatory requirements
Mitigate Risk: Tackle turnover with regular HR insights that predict retention risks and focus resources
Automated Workflow: Process an unlimited number of W-2 forms for your entire workforce
Employee Satisfaction
Simple Interface: User-friendly employee self-service portal to request PTO, verify paychecks, train and more
Financial Wellness: Reduce stress, burnout and absence through financial wellness programs
Data Access: Easily manage work data across multiple work environments
Key Features
How isolved People Cloud Serves Restaurant Owners
Operating a restaurant business entails managing a long list of crucial responsibilities with too few hours in the day to handle them all. Let isolved reduce the burden of your biggest challenges with an HR solution that can help you simplify complex payroll processing, avoid compliance risks, streamline scheduling and get the most from your people.
Get payroll right the first time and every time
- Process payroll quickly and accurately with multiple wage structures, tipping requirements, complex shift requirements and more.
- Seamlessly connect with restaurant management and POS systems for cohesive operations.
- Leverage unlimited W-2 processing for any number of employees and locations.
- Empower your employees with the tools to manage their own pay data and functions like direct deposit.
- Automate tax calculation and ensure eligible tax credits.
Leverage industry expertise to stay on top of the constantly shifting regulatory landscape
- Maintain one single record for all employee data with streamlined reporting for local, state and federal compliance requirements.
- Train employees and managers on critical restaurant industry compliance topics like the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), fire safety, conflict resolution and more.
- Take advantage of built-in support to simplify reporting for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Attract, hire, onboard and retain top talent
- Streamline the candidate experience and quickly secure the best-fit hires for your restaurant staff.
- Gain access to dedicated hiring specialists trained in the specific needs of the restaurant industry.
- Take advantage of guided, paperless onboarding, eliminating duplicate data entry and automatically ensuring proper orientation.
- Ensure continuous operations even during periods of high turnover by automating tasks for employee exits.
Take the stress out of open enrollment with straightforward plan configuration and reduced administrative effort
- Enhance clarity and transparency for employees choosing between benefit plan options.
- Ensure eligibility and compliance with accurate, real-time reporting that consolidates HR, payroll and benefits data.
- Let isolved help with comprehensive managed benefit services, drawing on extensive broker relationships and deep expertise for ACA, COBRA and more.
Flexible, efficient time tracking and scheduling for your restaurant staff
- Easily create schedules by certifications, enable shift swaps and automate on-call shifts.
- Simplified punch in/out, multiple collection options and automated shift pay differentials.
- Schedule large groups or your entire workforce at once with robust views.
- Leverage expense management for fast and easy reimbursement processing.
Engage, develop and facilitate communication between employees with accessible tools
- Facilitate team communication and career growth with peer recognition, goal tracking and rewards.
- Access learning courses tailored to the restaurant industry, including food certification programs.
- Plan, execute and manage the entire compensation process to build engaging, competitive packages.
- Help employees give back to their communities with end-to-end management for charitable donations and volunteering.
Reduce costs, increase productivity, support employee well-being and promote your company culture with isolved.
Stand Out and Attract Top Talent
Turnover is a top-of-mind problem for restaurant owners and managers year-round. But small improvements to the employee experience (EX) in areas like scheduling and onboarding can have an enormous impact when building a team for the long haul. Learn simple strategies any restaurant can use in our actionable guide.
Expand Your Knowledge
Stay on top of the latest HR trends and download resources focused on the restaurant industry.
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Read NowHR and Payroll Management FAQs
What do restaurants use for payroll?
Restaurants use payroll software designed to handle industry-specific challenges like tipped wages, multiple pay rates and tax compliance. Many rely on full-service payroll providers, like isolved, to automate payroll taxes, manage employee information and generate pay stubs. Some restaurant owners prefer in-house payroll systems integrated with accounting software or point-of-sale systems to track labor costs, employee scheduling and tip reporting.
When considering a restaurant payroll solution, key features to look for should include payroll tax filing, garnishments, workers’ compensation and compliance with labor laws, including minimum wage and tip credit regulations. Managers should be able to run payroll from anywhere, while automation reduces time-consuming manual tasks. Payroll services also streamline new hire onboarding, track pay periods and generate tax forms like W-2s and Social Security filings.
How does HR work in the restaurant industry?
HR in the restaurant industry focuses on hiring, training, payroll and compliance. Restaurant HR teams manage employee benefits, track new employees and oversee scheduling while handling payroll for restaurants, including tipped employees and multiple pay rates. Many use restaurant payroll software to automate tasks like tax filing, wage calculations and compliance with IRS regulations.
HR also supports restaurant employees through onboarding programs, training materials and employee relations. Small businesses and large restaurant groups often rely on HR software with intuitive tools for managing workforce needs, from benefits administration to performance tracking. Customizable templates help streamline documentation, while customer support from payroll providers assists with pricing, tax compliance and profitability.
