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As the restaurant industry faces chronic difficulties with retaining employees in light of a low unemployment rate, <a href="https://1851franchise.com/how-predictive-scheduling-laws-are-creating-a-better-workplace-2711387#editorials">QSR and fast casual franchisors and restaurants are offering a variety of incentives to keep employees happy.&nbsp;</a>The latest in unique employee benefits is a <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/workforce/pizza-partners-lyft-discounted-late-night-rides-employees?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">partnership between &amp;pizza, a Washington, D.C.-based fast casual concept with more than 35 units on the East Coast, and Lyft</a>. The pizza chain announced Wednesday that it is testing a "Lyft for Late Nights," a discounted rideshare program for its employees, which offers flat fare rideshare coverage of $4.50 for its employees who travel between 11 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.&nbsp;This July, <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/07/09/late-night-workers-get-bargain-lyft/akXK84coQrZWCByj5FHYSL/story.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lyft also launched a program for food service workers in Boston,</a> many of whom work late-night hours at bars and restaurants. According to the <a href="https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/transit-benefits-design.aspx?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Society for Human Resource Management</a>, these types of transit and parking benefits have the potential to increase workers' engagement and can also remove a major pain point for some employees, particularly those with non-traditional hours.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Late-Shift_Report.pdf?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">According to the American Public Transportation Association</a>, late-night public transit services aren't as reliable as daytime services, and many late-night jobs require a car to travel home. Franchisors investing in partnerships with services like Lyft may be more cost-effective to operate than awarding employees with a fixed-route bus or train service.&nbsp;These carpool partnerships have the potential to drive employee loyalty, as well as serve as a tax incentive and positive PR for franchisors. As franchisors pull out all the stops to recruit and retain employees—including <a href="https://1851franchise.com/guac-is-extra-but-education-is-free-chipotle-offers-tuition-coverage-for-hourly-employees-2711313">Chipotle’s debt-free tuition</a> and <a href="https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/noodles-company-introduces-financial-wellness-benefits-to-attract-and-ret/563000/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noodles &amp; Company’s new financial wellness resources</a>—partnerships like this one could become more common.Since <a href="https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Late-Shift_Report.pdf?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=carpoolin-why-discounted-rideshare-programs-are-a-great-perk-for-employees-2711420" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the foodservice industry has the most public transit commuters of any other industry</a>, franchisors and franchisees would be smart to keep this in mind when coming up with new ways to retain employees.

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