Wage & Hour, HR Compliance Manager

At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers® we serve only the best tasting and most craveable chicken finger meals. It’s our ONE LOVE®. Our Crew make it happen, our Culture makes it unique and the Community makes it all worthwhile.   

Every talented Crewmember in our Restaurant Support Office (RSO) is important to our success and a value to our rapidly growing Company. We all work with a sense of purpose and focus on our chicken finger meals, Customers, Crew, Communities and Company Culture. We are constantly striving to Raise The Bar. The future for Raising Cane’s is growth focused and we’re on the path to being one of the top 10 restaurant companies in the United States.

Your Role at Raising Cane’s:

The Wage & Hour Manager provides specialized leadership and risk mitigation efforts for our Crew Standards team.  This role is responsible for ensuring our restaurant systems, processes and training are set up to support our Restaurant Leaders and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage & hour laws.  In addition, they are responsible for reviewing internal and external audits and developing and implementing action plans on minor labor laws, meal and rest breaks regulations, and fair work week requirements. Supporting the company’s growth, this role collaborates with cross-functional support teams and restaurant leadership to ensure the company is prepared to mitigate any associated risk. 

• Serves as a subject matter expert on federal, state, and local regulatory laws, ensuring compliance across all areas
• Partners with legal on responding to all department of labor audits, gathering facts, communicating findings with leadership, and providing additional training to restaurant leadership, when necessary
• Reviews restaurant assessment results and recurring internal audits, identifies risks and trends, and proposes action plans, which may include additional training or accountability measures for restaurant leadership
• Ensures all scheduling platforms are configured properly, in compliance with the law
• Reviews the 12-month outlook restaurant opening list, partners with legal to identify any new compliance requirements and implements system updates, policies, and training
• Identifies additional standards and associated training needed by restaurants and partners with the Training team to create, update, and deliver materials and content
• Builds and maintains strong partnerships with restaurant teams, RSO, and field-based leadership
• Maintains knowledge of regulatory changes related to employment-related laws
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned

• 5+ years of similar human resources, compliance, or leadership experience in a fast-paced work environment
• Prior experience with HRIS (Workday preferred), scheduling (HotSchedules and Harri preferred), or BI (Tableau preferred) technology is required 
• Team player with a positive attitude and able to effectively interact and build relationships with management and key stakeholders
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing
• Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively
• Demonstrates the ability to handle highly confidential information and maintain strict confidentiality
• Able to take initiative to improve processes, not settle for the status quo, and work with a sense of purpose and urgency
• Microsoft Proficient: Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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