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Low Wage, High Risk Pilot Site Materials

Overview

Nearly 11 million individuals work in the restaurant industry, one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy. Many are employed as tipped workers, including women, who constitute 66 percent of all tipped restaurant workers, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, harassment, stolen tips and wages by employers and customers. The restaurant industry is also the largest source of federal sexual harassment claims, and workers experience high rates of sexual harassment and violence.

What Can I Do?

Download the resources in this toolkit as one step toward creating a program for restaurant industry workers. This model curriculum, slides, and handouts are a good starting point for adapting the products to your specific workplace.

Resources

Education & Trainings

Model Restaurant Handouts

This resource provides all the handouts needed to accompany the model restaurant curriculum.

Model Restaurant Curriculum

This training curriculum guide is for an in-person and interactive training program for supervisors in the restaurant industry – anyone in a leadership or supervisory role – whether that’s a head chef, manager, or the owners. Created specifically for restaurant workers, this training is filled with relatable scenarios of situations that staff actually face.