How it works
How restaurant payroll and HR administration works with BOHO
The sequence
From first call to a payroll cycle that runs the same way every week
1. Fit assessment
20 minutes
A short call to establish whether this is a fit at all. We cover locations and legal entities, active headcount, pay frequency, whether you run tipped staff, your current payroll platform, your next pay date, and any open tax notices or known problems.
- Your restaurant
- Answer questions about how the restaurant runs.
- BOHO
- Tell you honestly whether BOHO is the right shape for your operation.
No employee data changes hands at this stage. None is needed.
2. Scoped proposal
A few business days
A written scope covering the workflows BOHO will run, the decisions and approvals that stay with you, the tier and retainer, and anything outside the service. If a cost sits with a third party or a platform, it is named in the proposal rather than implied.
- Your restaurant
- Review the scope and confirm the approver at your restaurant.
- BOHO
- Put the whole arrangement in writing before anyone commits.
The proposal is where scope lives. Nothing on this website overrides it.
3. Implementation
Varies by entity and platform
Secure collection of the data needed to configure payroll and files: year-to-date wage detail, tax account registrations, active deductions and authorizations, employee roster with rates and roles, and the pay calendar. Then configuration, a test cycle, and a go-live checklist.
- Your restaurant
- Provide the records, through a secure channel — never email.
- BOHO
- Configure, test, and confirm before you rely on it.
Go-live is confirmed after a successful test cycle. It is not promised in advance of one.
4. The weekly rhythm
Every pay cycle, indefinitely
Inputs assembled from timekeeping, tips, and any changes since the last run. Exceptions identified and raised while there is still time to fix them. A review sent to your named approver. Payroll submitted through your approved payroll platform only after sign-off.
- Your restaurant
- Approve the run. Every time.
- BOHO
- Everything up to that point, and the record-keeping after it.
This is the part that compounds. The cycle looks the same in month eighteen as in month one.
The approval gate
Nothing is submitted until someone at your restaurant says so
- BOHO assembles the payroll inputs and reconciles them against your timekeeping and POS records.
- Exceptions are flagged with the specific question that needs answering — a missing clock-out, a rate that changed mid-period, a new hire without complete paperwork.
- A review summary goes to the named approver at your restaurant, with enough detail to actually check it.
- Your approver signs off, or sends corrections back.
- Only then is the payroll submitted.
The approval gate is not a courtesy step and it is not waivable. Your restaurant remains the employer of record and approves payroll and employment decisions. BOHO is not a PEO, a staffing agency, or legal counsel.
What this is not
Three things BOHO deliberately does not do
Become your employees’ employer
BOHO is not a PEO and does not enter a co-employment relationship. Your restaurant remains the sole employer of record and carries the employment relationship.
Make employment decisions
Hiring, discipline, scheduling, pay, and termination are yours. BOHO makes sure the documentation behind each decision exists and is consistent.
Give legal or tax advice
BOHO is not a law firm or a tax adviser. Questions that need one get escalated to one, rather than answered approximately by someone who isn’t.
See whether the rhythm fits your operation
Your restaurant remains the employer of record and approves payroll and employment decisions. BOHO is not a PEO, a staffing agency, or legal counsel.