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<div id="pastingspan1">The restaurant industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, but it still faces a number of challenges, one of which being high labor costs. <a href="http://nrn.com/hr-training/restaurant-operators-face-perfect-storm-labor-challenges?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=labor-still-an-issue-for-restaurants-4130" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nation&#8217;s Restaurant News annual Operation Survey</a> found that labor-related issues will be among the biggest challenges facing operators in 2016.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The brand surveyed nearly 300 participants and approximately half of them said the top challenge they face is hiring and keeping quality employees. Twenty-seven percent said a minimum wage increase will be a road block and 10 percent said healthcare costs would be an issue.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&#8220;It&#8217;s the workforce perfect storm,&#8221; Joni Thomas Doolin, founder and CEO of restaurant analytics firm TDn2K, <a href="http://nrn.com/hr-training/restaurant-operators-face-perfect-storm-labor-challenges?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=labor-still-an-issue-for-restaurants-4130" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">told Nation's Restaurant News</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very challenging environment.&#8221;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>These issues come at a time when brands are facing pushback from the National Labor Relations Board regarding whether some companies are joint employers and government rules about minimum wage.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>While the restaurant industry added 40,000 jobs in February, many operators are still worried about finding people they can hire. A report from TDn2K found that 74 percent of operators are either &#8220;very concerned&#8221; or &#8220;extremely&#8221; concerned about recruitment.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="http://nrn.com/hr-training/restaurant-operators-face-perfect-storm-labor-challenges?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=labor-still-an-issue-for-restaurants-4130" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to read the original article</a>.</div>

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