Restaurant HR outsourcing for owners who can’t afford a compliance miss

DineHR handles HR outsourcing for restaurants — wage and hour, handbooks, harassment training, employee issues — so you run the floor, not an HR department. Backed by our Worry-Free Guarantee.

Running the kitchen is hard enough. HR and compliance shouldn’t be the thing that takes you down.

One missed meal break. One bad termination. One handbook that doesn’t match the law. That’s how restaurants end up in claims, audits, and months of distraction — while the dining room still has to open.

What’s at stake if you wait

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Another quarter of wage-and-hour and tip-pooling risk

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Managers guessing on harassment, leave, and terminations

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You stuck in HR instead of on the floor with guests

Without a dedicated restaurant HR partner, next month looks like this month: hoping nothing blows up.

What you get back when compliance is handled

You can focus on the guest

Your time goes to food, service, and reviews — not policy research.

You are a safe, smarter employer

Wage and hour, rest breaks, meal periods, tip pooling, harassment prevention, and employee relations — built for restaurants.

You can breathe easier

A real HR team on call when something hard shows up: a difficult employee, an investigation, a termination.

Restaurant HR outsourcing — with compliance at the center

DineHR is the outsourced HR team for restaurants. For more than 20 years we’ve worked with fine dining, casual, fast casual, and quick serve. We handle the HR and compliance work so you don’t have to hire it in-house.

Compliance and employment liability support

  • Wage and hour
  • Rest breaks and meal periods
  • Tip pooling
  • Harassment and discrimination prevention
  • Policy review
  • Workplace reviews
  • Employee relations
  • Counseling and termination assistance
  • Leave of absence support
  • Ongoing trainings and strategic reviews

  • Management training
  • Harassment prevention
  • Workplace violence prevention
  • Safety and compliance reviews
  • Indoor heat illness prevention
  • Leadership advisement
  • Hands-free advisement from restaurant HR experts

  • Day-to-day employee support
  • Management coaching
  • Staff training and development — people who know the shift, not a generic call center
  • Get the support you need, right now.

    We know how tough it is to make it in the restaurant business.

    Like you, we’ve put in the time in restaurants. We understand the kitchen, the shift, and the people problems that show up every night. Our HR managers focus on food service — so you get advice that fits a restaurant, not a tech company.

    “At DineHR, we understand how tough it is to make it in the restaurant business. Our focus is to handle all of the human resources administration and compliance so you can focus on getting five-star reviews from your happy customers.”

    - Vic Tanon, President and CEO, DineHR

    Worry-Free Guarantee on our plans. In-house team. Restaurant-only focus.

    How it works

    1

    Tell us about your restaurant

    On the call we cover your locations, headcount, and where compliance is biting — wage and hour, handbooks, employee issues, training.

    2

    We build your HR outsourcing plan

    We match you to the right level of support and get your restaurant set up.

    3

    You run the restaurant. We handle HR.

    Day-to-day questions, trainings, and compliance stay with us. You stay on the floor.

    Get the support you need, right now.

    Restaurant owners who got their time back

    ★★★★★

    “I can trust DineHR’s team to handle all of my human resources issues and compliance so that I can focus on what I love doing: serving and making my guests a memorable dining experience.”

    Allen K., CEO

    ★★★★★

    “DineHR jumped in on employee issues and compliance so we could keep growing. Their restaurant HR experts made us a safer, smarter employer — I can breathe easier now.”

    Linda M., Founder and Owner

    Affordable restaurant HR support from $795/mo

    All plans backed by our Worry-Free Guarantee. Month-to-month options available — confirm terms on the call.

    Core Compliance

    Essential support to get your restaurant into compliance: wage and hour, rest breaks and meal periods, tip pooling, harassment training, on-call HR advisory, online training.

    HR + Compliance

    Everything in Core, plus a dedicated HR manager for management trainings, handbook and policies, difficult employees, investigations, terminations, and related support.

    Total HR

    Everything in HR + Compliance, plus a complete HR support team and the tools your staff uses day to day (portal, onboarding workflows, and more). Details on the call.

    We’ll recommend the right plan for your size and locations. No long pitch deck required.

    FAQ

    Who is this for?

    Restaurant owners and operators — fine dining, casual, fast casual, and quick serve — who need real compliance support without building an in-house HR department.

    What compliance issues do you help with?

    Wage and hour, meal and rest breaks, tip pooling, harassment prevention, handbooks and policies, employee relations, investigations, terminations, leave, and restaurant-specific training needs.

    What’s the Worry-Free Guarantee?

    Our plans are backed by DineHR’s Worry-Free Guarantee. Ask on the call for what it covers and what it doesn’t — including how it differs from insurance or legal representation.

    How do I get started?

    Schedule a call. Tell us about your restaurant. We’ll take it from there.

    Stop hoping compliance holds. Put a restaurant HR team on it.

    Schedule a call. We’ll map your risk, show you how outsourcing works, and recommend a plan that fits your needs.