Overview
Toast Labor Management is a comprehensive workforce solution built directly into the Toast restaurant technology platform. It combines employee scheduling, time tracking, and labor analytics specifically designed for the unique needs of restaurants, cafes, and food service establishments.
Features
- Integrated Scheduling: Create and publish schedules with direct integration to POS and payroll data
- Mobile Time Clock: Employees clock in/out via mobile app, tablet kiosk, or Toast terminal
- Labor Cost Tracking: Real-time visibility into labor costs as percentage of sales
- Shift Swapping: Employee-initiated shift trades with manager approval workflows
- Overtime Alerts: Automatic notifications when employees approach overtime thresholds
- Tip Pooling: Integrated tip distribution and reporting
- Break Compliance: Enforce required meal and rest break policies
- Sales Forecasting: Schedule based on predicted sales patterns
- Multi-Location Support: Manage scheduling across multiple restaurant locations
Benefits for Restaurants
- Reduce labor costs by aligning staffing with actual demand
- Eliminate buddy punching with POS-integrated clock-in
- Simplify payroll with direct integration to time and tip data
- Improve employee satisfaction with mobile schedule access and shift flexibility
- Ensure compliance with labor laws and break requirements
- Make data-driven scheduling decisions based on historical sales
Integration
Seamlessly integrated with Toast POS, payroll, and back-office systems for unified restaurant management. No data entry duplication required.
Ideal For
Full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, cafes, bars, and multi-location restaurant groups.
