How AI Is Enabling Restaurant Labor Compliance

When we talk about the “restaurant of the future,” labor compliance isn’t exactly the flashiest or most exciting topic to include—certainly not when juxtaposed with salad-making robots and personalized digital menus. But beyond its legal necessity, ensuring compliance with employment laws is critical to shaping a better experience for employees and customers alike.

Restaurants face a multifaceted compliance situation. In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations, requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors. Should restaurants fail to comply with these requirements, they can face severe legal and financial consequences, not to mention serious harm to their reputation.

To make things even more challenging, labor compliance laws evolve…