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Navigating Minimum Wage Changes: Find the Best Tech Tools for Your Restaurant

By Hilary Young  January 29, 2025

Tech Solutions From BOH-Approved Vendors

At Back of House, it’s our mission to provide restaurant operators with all of the information they need to make good decisions regarding their technology investments. Investing in the right technology has the potential to solve a variety of challenges, including many of those that might arise with the Wage Act and ESTA laws going into effect in Michigan.

Labor Management

Perhaps the most important regarding the law changes in Michigan, is having the ability to properly track employee time in order to comply with sick leave and paid time off accrual.

HR Butler

HR Butler

Solutions to streamline business development and maintenance across Payroll, Time & Attendance, Human Resources, and Employee Benefits.

Push Operations

Push Operations

Restauranteurs can maximize profitability by automating operations typically requiring manual labor while staying compliant with labor...

7Shifts

7Shifts

Access tools that help restaurateurs make more profitable decisions, improve team retention, and get operations in order.

Homebase

Homebase

Allows restaurant operators to easily onboard new hires, create aand change schedules with just a few clicks, and clock-in-and-out using...

POS Systems

The right POS system can enable tableside ordering and mobile payments to relieve pressure on employees, especially if and when you are understaffed.

Cluster

Cluster

Tailored to all types of businesses in the restaurant industry, including: quick-service, fine-dining establishments, food trucks, ghost...

Otter

Otter

Otter is an all-in-one restaurant tech ecosystem that helps restaurants increase orders and revenue, manage live operations, and keep...

SpotOn

SpotOn

SpotOn provides the technology and support that helps local businesses—and the people who run them—to succeed on their own terms.

Toast

Toast

An all-in-one POS platform that’s built for restaurants and designed to make your life easier by bringing many disconnected technologies...

Square

Square

Square has a simple, powerful interface, detailed and organized onboarding, and low setup costs, which make it easy to get up and...

Food Inventory Management

When every dollar counts, any human error can be really costly to your operation. When you automate your food inventory management, you won’t leave any money on the table.

MarginEdge

MarginEdge

MarginEdge is a powerful restaurant management system designed to help your customers operate more efficiently and more profitably.

MarketMan

MarketMan

A cloud-based inventory and supplier management system that streamlines back-of-house operations, including purchasing, order...

AI & Robotics

When you can’t afford to bring in extra help, it’s time to turn to automation to pick up the slack.

Kea.ai

Kea.ai

Kea.ai leverages cutting-edge conversational AI technology to automate and enhance phone-based communications.

Loman

Loman

Loman.ai handles calls, manages orders, reservations, and inquiries, improving efficiency, customer satisfaction, and revenue.

Bear Robotics

Bear Robotics

Bear Robotics' hospitality robots are the perfect companion for covering large service areas, busy shifts, and big events.

On Background: Learn More About the Michigan Tip Credit Change

Using Technology to Combat Rising Restaurant Labor Costs

Using Technology to Combat Rising Restaurant Labor Costs

Increases to the minimum wage in Michigan and across the U.S. are prompting operators to lean on restaurant technology to manage rising...

How Technology Can Help Your Restaurant Navigate Minimum Wage Changes

How Technology Can Help Your Restaurant Navigate Minimum Wage Changes

With changes coming to tip credit laws, technology can help your restaurant adjust and stay profitable.

What Michigan’s New Minimum Wage Means For Your Restaurant

What Michigan’s New Minimum Wage Means For Your Restaurant

In the wake of the state's Supreme Court ruling, many Michigan restaurateurs are scrambling to figure out how the Wage Act will impact...