3 Proven Tips For Managing Restaurant Staff Attendance During The Holiday Season

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3 PROVEN TIPS FOR MANAGING RESTAURANT STAFF
ATTENDANCE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

• Managing a restaurants employee attendance is
  bound to get difficult over the holidays.
  Restaurant workers, just like all other
  employees, will want to be home with their
  families, others will want to travel, while
  others will need a short break just to recover
  from work over the past few months.
• Unfortunately, it would be impossible to agree
  to all time requests with such a busy season.
  Fortunately, with an online time clock or punch
  clock software of good quality, and a strong
  attendance policy, it is possible to minimize
  most attendance problems that come with the
  holidays.
• Seeing that the holidays are almost here, below
  are 3 proven tips for managing restaurant staff
  attendance during the holiday season

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• 1. Online time clock - Black out time off on
  certain days
• Forecast the days you expect to be extremely
  busy and make it clear to your employees that
  they absolutely cannot take time off during these
  days. Such a policy, also known as a blanket
  policy, will reduce the chances of experiencing a
  short supply of workers when you need them most.
  With punch clock software or an automated
  employee time clock, employees will be able to
  view the ideal days to request time off from
  their smartphones whenever they want to.
• 2. Online time clock - Make sure everyone gets
  some time off
• When employees start fearing that they wont be
  spending at least a day or two with their
  families and friends during the holidays, they
  are likely to start looking for work elsewhere.
  Make sure everyone gets at least some time off,
  but make it clear that it would not be possible
  to grant them all the time they would wish for so
  as to allow everyone to get away briefly without
  disrupting normal business operations. Once
  again, managers and supervisors will be able to
  view employees requests through punch clock
  software, and also be able to send in their
  request via the same software.

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• 3. Online time clock create holiday schedules
  in advance
• Setting holiday schedules far in advance is a
  great idea to get things moving smoothly during
  the holidays. A schedule that had been created at
  least 6-8 months in advance can easily be changed
  if need be via various scheduling tools such
  schedulers and employee time clocks.
• Allowing shift swaps among employees and making
  exceptions for illnesses and other family
  emergencies are also excellent ways of motivating
  staff and improving attendance during the
  holidays, while making use of an automated online
  time clock or punch clock software will track
  their time and attendance data effortlessly and
  more accurately.

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• Article Summary -
• Unavoidable situations will always turn up
  during holidays. Most employees will wish to
  travel to be with family and friends or to simply
  take time off to prepare for the holidays. In
  this day and age, management practice calls for
  all business, and more so restaurants, to keep
  accurate track of employee attendance. This can
  be really grueling at this time of the year. Here
  are some modern tips for managing restaurant
  staff attendance during the holiday season.
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