FOR RESTAURANTS & F&B
HR built for the way restaurants actually run.
Multi-venue rosters, kitchen-meets-FOH shifts, hourly + salaried mix, BPJS and THR on every payroll. Built with Locavore Group in Bali.
1-month free trial · Personalized onboarding · No credit card required
TRUSTED BY MULTI-VENUE F&B OPERATORS
WHERE F&B HR BREAKS DOWN
Generic HR tools weren't built for restaurants.
Four problems we hear from every F&B group we talk to — kitchen, bar, and front-of-house combined.
Schedules change daily — and so do the rosters.
Saturday night isn't last Saturday night. The kitchen calls in sick, a bartender swaps a shift over WhatsApp, the floor manager fills the gap with a runner from the second venue. By midnight, the printed schedule is fiction.
Kitchen, bar, FOH — different rules, same payroll.
A line cook clocking in at 14:00 is on time. A waiter at 14:00 is 30 minutes late. Overtime kicks in at different hours per role. Spreadsheets can't model this without becoming unmaintainable.
A no-show on Saturday night is a revenue crisis.
If your closer doesn't show, you don't open the second seating. By the time anyone looks at the attendance log on Monday, the covers are gone and the comp drinks are written off.
BPJS, THR, overtime — manual payroll bleeds at month-end.
Hourly staff with variable hours, fixed staff with overtime, mid-month leaves, weekend rates. Two days of HR work every month-end, plus the recurring small errors that erode trust.
HOW CHECKLY SOLVES IT
Four problems, four moves.
Built directly with F&B operators, every solution maps to a real shift-floor pain.
Solves 01
Schedules that move with you.
Drag-and-drop shifts across every venue from one screen. Staff swap shifts in the app, managers approve in one tap, the roster updates everywhere — including the manager group chat.
Solves 02
Overtime rules baked in.
Per-role shift templates, per-day-type overtime multipliers (PP 35/2021), and automatic late thresholds. Set it once at venue setup; it runs every shift, every payroll cycle.
Solves 03
Know the moment a shift falls.
Real-time late and no-show alerts to managers — via push and WhatsApp. Geofenced clock-in confirms staff are physically at the venue, not buddy-punching from the parking lot.
Solves 04
Month-end payroll in minutes.
BPJS Kesehatan and Ketenagakerjaan, PPh 21, THR, overtime, and leave deductions auto-calculated from real attendance. Export ready for your bank, no spreadsheet rebuilds.
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
“Checkly transformed how we manage our team across multiple venues. Attendance, scheduling, leave requests, payroll — everything is now managed within one platform. What used to take our HR department hours of manual work across spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups now runs automatically through Checkly, giving us full visibility and control across every location.”
Icha
Head of HR & Operations, Locavore Group
5+
Venues on one dashboard
100+
Team members managed
90%
Less time on HR admin
1
Platform replacing 3+ tools
FREE F&B PAYROLL TOOLS
Calculate your costs in seconds.
Three free calculators sized for the most common F&B payroll questions — built on actual 2026 Indonesian regulations.
F&B QUESTIONS
What restaurant operators ask us first.
Can Checkly handle different overtime rules for kitchen vs FOH staff?
Yes. Each role has its own shift template, regular hours, and overtime threshold. A line cook on the 14:00–22:00 shift accrues overtime after 22:00; a waiter on 11:00–19:00 accrues it after 19:00. The math is automatic.
How does shift swapping work over WhatsApp?
Staff request swaps inside Checkly. When a swap is proposed, the manager gets a WhatsApp message with one-tap approve or deny. Approved swaps update the schedule immediately and notify both staff members.
Does this work for venues with hourly + salaried mix?
Yes — that's the default F&B reality. Hourly staff are paid from clock-in/clock-out data with per-shift rate rules. Salaried staff have their attendance tracked for compliance and overtime, but their base pay stays fixed.
Can each venue have its own QR code and GPS perimeter?
Yes. Each location gets a unique QR code printed at the staff entrance and a configurable GPS radius. A staffer at Venue A can't accidentally clock in for Venue B, even if they're in the same neighborhood.
What happens if WiFi drops at the venue?
Clock-ins are cached on the device and synced when connectivity returns. The geofenced timestamp is preserved, so the offline check-in still records the correct time and location.
How long does onboarding take for a 5-venue group?
Most groups are live within 2 weeks. Week 1: venue setup, staff import, role templates, BPJS configuration. Week 2: parallel run with existing payroll, train managers, go live for the next pay period.
Run your venues from one platform.
A 30-minute demo tailored to how your group operates. We'll show you the Locavore setup and adapt it to your venues live.