Payroll Software for Restaurants
Eliminate payroll headaches for good
Run payroll, manage tip payouts, and stay ahead of labor and wage compliance. Fourth’s payroll software is built to help your restaurant business grow.
Say Goodbye to Manual Entries
Streamline Your Payroll with Seamless Point-of-Sale Integrations
Imagine this: your team effortlessly clocks in and out directly through your Point-of-Sale system. In the background, these hours automatically sync with your payroll, update HR and compliance systems, and power your sales and labor forecasting analytics.
No more discrepancies, no more delays.
With Fourth’s payroll solutions, we help you bridge the gaps between employee pay and the software you use to manage your restaurant efficiently.
“With any issue, they always have the best solution ready for us.”
“Fourth really understands the intricacies of the restaurant industry and how complex payroll can be with onboarding, tipped employees, and turnover. With any issue, they always have the best solution ready for us.”
— David Culhane, Operations Director, Sun Pubs
$40,000 reduction
in payroll processing fees in the first 6 months.
Administrative relief
for accounting teams who can now focus solely on finance management.
Take the burden of payroll and human resources administration off your plate
Payroll & Wage Compliance
Managing your staff’s payroll goes beyond scheduling—it encompasses every working hour, every shift change, and ensures accuracy when connecting data to payroll systems. Make compliance a breeze and keep your focus where it needs to be—on your guests.
- Flexible pay rules configuration
- Consistent minimum wage and rule updates
- Real-time alerts for missed breaks
- Simple punch review workflows
Automate payroll taxes
Spend less time on paperwork and more time creating unforgettable dining experiences for your guests. With dedicated restaurant payroll software, automating payroll taxes becomes straightforward, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
Stay ahead with proactive labor law management
Manage your restaurant with a system that not only keeps you updated on labor laws but actively helps you adhere to them. Our platform ensures that your operations are streamlined and fully compliant, enhancing employee satisfaction and safeguarding your business against potential legal challenges. Plus, receive scheduling alerts for potential compliance violations, from overtime to minor labor laws.
- Overtime
- Minor labor law violations
- Meals and break rules
- Rates below Minimum Wage
Streamlined onboarding and benefits administration
Spend less time managing the hiring process with PeopleMatter, a customizable, compliant, and secure hiring software designed for the hourly workforce. Get ready to attract more applicants, hire 90% faster, and automate the onboarding process.
Eliminate your dependency on cash with digital tip payouts
Experience the convenience of Fuego’s digital tip payout solution, designed to streamline your payout process and offer your tipped employees real-time flexibility in receiving their pay. Eliminate your dependency on cash, and your employee’s dependence on payday loans when they are in need of an advance.
“It’s completely automated and doesn’t require any manual input from our managers”
— Nate Whatley, Director of Technology, On Deck Concepts
Why settle for payroll when a PEO can offer you more?
Remove the burden of payroll and HR administration and reduce compliance risk with Fourth’s Professional Employer Organization (PEO). Engage top talent with cost-effective employee benefits, retirement plans, and worker’s compensation as well.
Plus, enjoy benefits even the best restaurant payroll software can’t offer
Comprehensive Employee Benefits Packages
Attract and retain top talent with benefits packages that compete with the big players in your industry. From health insurance to retirement plans, we’ve got your team covered.
Ready-to-Go Employee Handbook
Hit the ground running with a comprehensive handbook tailored to your restaurant’s needs, ensuring you and your team are on the same page from day one.
Dedicated HR and Payroll Experts
Benefit from the expertise of dedicated professionals who understand the ins and outs of the restaurant industry, HR, and payroll management. Your questions are answered, and your issues resolved — without the overhead of in-house specialists.
Minor Labor Laws
Keep your minor workers compliant with the most advanced minor labor law compliance restrictions and safeguards — all built right into your scheduling software.
- Instant notifications of any non-compliant shifts and schedules
- No accidental scheduling during school hours with visible availability built into the schedulerMinors can’t see
- released shifts that would put them at risk of violating laws
- Minimum wage requirements
Fair WorkWeek
Fair WorkWeek laws are regulations adopted by select cities to make employee scheduling more stable, fair, and transparent, supporting a better quality of life for hourly workers. Ensure your locations within these cities meet every requirement with Fourth’s built-in compliance.
- Predictive Scheduling
- Right To Rest requirements
- Regular Schedule
- Record attestation for any schedule changes
- Report on voluntary and involuntary shift changes
More reasons to partner with Fourth
Built for restaurants like yours
- Quick Service
- Full Service
- Cafés & Coffee Shops
- Bars & Breweries
- Pizzerias
- Juice Bars
- Pubs
- Bakeries
- Catering
Featured Resources
7 Common Restaurant Payroll Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Payroll mistakes can lead to higher turnover, hefty fines, and ultimately a damaged reputation. But you don’t have to deal with this alone.
How to Address Restaurant Payroll Challenges
Payroll challenges plague restaurants. With the right solution, inaccurate checks, pay delays, low morale, fees and fines are a thing of the past.
A Letter to Payroll Specialists
Read an ex-payroll specialist explains why on-demand pay is a must-Have for your organization
Frequently Asked Questions
Is restaurant payroll software scalable as my business grows?
Yes, reputable payroll software providers offer scalable solutions that can accommodate your restaurant’s growth, whether you’re opening new locations or expanding your workforce.
Will restaurant payroll software help me with employee scheduling?
While some payroll software solutions offer basic scheduling features, there are dedicated employee scheduling software options available that integrate seamlessly with payroll systems to help you optimize labor costs and manage shifts efficiently. Learn more about HotSchedules.
Can restaurant payroll software help me manage multiple locations?
Yes, many restaurant payroll software solutions offer multi-location support, allowing you to manage payroll for all your restaurant locations from a single dashboard, which can streamline operations and ensure consistency across locations.
How does Fourth’s payroll software connect with our POS system?
Fourth’s payroll software integrates directly with your POS system so that employee clock-ins and clock-outs sync automatically with payroll, HR, and compliance systems in the background. This eliminates manual data entry, removes the discrepancies that come from re-keying hours, and feeds accurate labor data into sales and forecasting analytics — all without any extra steps from managers.
What happens to payroll data when employees clock in via POS?
Hours recorded through the POS flow automatically into Fourth’s payroll system, updating scheduling, HR, and compliance records in real time. There are no manual exports or imports required — the connection between time worked and payroll is seamless and immediate, which is what eliminates the errors and delays that plague manual payroll processes in restaurants.
What compliance features are built into Fourth’s payroll software?
Fourth’s restaurant payroll software includes flexible pay rules configuration, automatic minimum wage and rule updates, real-time alerts for missed meals and breaks, and simple punch review workflows. It also monitors for overtime, minor labor law violations, and rates falling below minimum wage — flagging issues proactively so operators can correct them before they become compliance penalties.
How does Fourth keep payroll compliant as labor laws change?
Fourth’s platform maintains consistent minimum wage and pay rule updates automatically, so operators don’t need to manually track legislative changes across their locations. Scheduling alerts flag potential compliance violations — from overtime to minor labor laws — at the point of scheduling, before they result in costs.
How does Fourth automate payroll tax filing for restaurants?
Fourth’s dedicated payroll tax automation handles the calculation, filing, and remittance of payroll taxes, removing the administrative burden and compliance risk from the operator. For restaurants managing multiple locations across different states and jurisdictions, this is particularly valuable — each state’s tax requirements are handled automatically rather than manually tracked per location.
Does Fourth’s payroll software handle tip management?
Yes. Fourth’s payroll software integrates with Fuego’s digital tip payout solution, which automates tip distribution and eliminates cash dependency at end of shift. Tip data flows directly from the POS into the payroll and tip management system — no manual calculations, no cash handling, and employees receive tips digitally in real time. As On Deck Concepts’ Director of Technology described it: it’s completely automated and doesn’t require any manual input from managers.
Does Fourth’s payroll software include onboarding tools?
Yes. Fourth’s payroll solution includes PeopleMatter, a hiring and onboarding platform built for the hourly workforce. It’s designed to attract more applicants, reduce time-to-hire by 90%, and automate the onboarding process — with customizable, compliant, and secure workflows that get new hires set up in the system before their first shift.
What’s the difference between Fourth’s payroll software and its PEO service?
Fourth’s payroll software automates payroll processing, tax filing, compliance alerts, tip payouts, and onboarding within a restaurant operator’s own employer structure. The PEO goes further — through a co-employment arrangement, Fourth takes on employer-of-record responsibilities for payroll, compliance, workers’ compensation, and benefits, and delivers cost savings (including lower SUTA and workers’ comp rates) that standalone payroll software can’t offer. Sun Pubs saved $40,000 in payroll processing fees in their first six months by partnering with Fourth.
