Built for Fast Food and Quick Service Operators
QSR HR Solutions
Food safety workforce compliance, tip credit management, and high-turnover retention for quick service restaurant chains in the US.
- Serving all 50 states
- Certified HR practitioners
- Since 1958
Quick Service Restaurants HR Challenges
HR Challenges Unique to Your Industry
- 1FDA Food Safety Modernization Act employee training documentation
- 2Tip credit and minimum wage compliance for tipped QSR employees
- 3High turnover among crew members and shift managers
- 4Minor labor law compliance for teen and student restaurant employees
- 5Complex scheduling and overtime for multi-unit QSR operations
- 6Background checks and health certifications for food handling staff
- 7Franchise HR policy consistency across multi-unit owner-operator networks
Catapult Solutions
How Catapult HR Helps
- Food safety training documentation and FDA FSMA compliance records
- Tip credit and minimum wage compliance for tipped restaurant employees
- Retention programs for crew members and shift supervisors
- Minor labor law compliance for teen restaurant workers
- Multi-unit scheduling and overtime compliance
- Background checks and food handler health certifications
- Employment law guidance and HR compliance audits
By the numbers
Why quick service restaurants HR needs a specialist
4.2%
Average monthly quits rate in accommodation and food services in 2025, about double the 2.0% for all industries
2.2 yrs
Median tenure for food services and drinking places workers in January 2026, vs 4.1 years for all workers
$8M+
In child labor penalties assessed by the DOL across 950+ investigations in FY2023, all industries
What we do
HR Services for Quick Service Restaurants Employers
Expert support across the HR functions that matter most to your industry
ComplianceEmployee HandbookQSR handbooks covering food safety obligations, minor worker rules, attendance, and conduct standards.Learn more →
ComplianceHR Compliance AuditFull HR audit for QSR operators against FDA, FLSA, minor labor laws, and state employment standards.Learn more →
HR AdvisoryUnlimited HR AdviceSame-day answers from certified HR practitioners on policies, employee issues and compliance questions.Learn more →
What members say
“Catapult has the answer to everything HR. They were very helpful to us for an issue we needed an answer to quickly. Our members use them as well and have had their issues resolved.”
HR Built for Quick Service, Because Your People Are Your Product
Our practitioners understand tip credit compliance, food safety training, and the high-turnover workforce challenges unique to quick service restaurants in the US.