The restaurant industry has one of the highest employee turnover rates of any sector — averaging 70-80% annually in Romania. Yet most restaurants still manage their HR processes with paper timesheets, WhatsApp groups for scheduling, and Excel spreadsheets for payroll. This disconnect between the complexity of HoReCa workforce management and the tools available is exactly what ZED-ZEN's HR Tool addresses.
Digital timesheets replace the chaos of paper punch cards and manual hour tracking. Employees clock in and out from their phones using geolocation verification, managers approve hours with one tap, and payroll-ready reports are generated automatically at the end of each period.
The leave management module handles vacation requests, sick days, and shift swaps entirely digitally. No more paper forms or verbal agreements that get forgotten. Employees submit requests from their phones, managers approve or decline with context about staffing levels, and the schedule updates automatically.
Employee scheduling — the bane of every restaurant manager's existence — becomes intelligent. The system considers employee availability, labor law constraints, skill requirements per shift, and historical demand patterns to suggest optimal schedules. Managers can adjust with drag-and-drop and publish to the team instantly.
Document management keeps all employee paperwork organized and accessible: contracts, certifications, health documents, training records. Automated reminders ensure nothing expires without notice — critical in an industry with strict health and safety regulations.
ZED-ZEN's HR Tool is currently in development, designed specifically for the Romanian HoReCa market. It will integrate with Romanian payroll systems, comply with local labor laws, and support the unique scheduling patterns of restaurants (split shifts, weekend rotations, seasonal scaling). Built by a team that has managed restaurant staff firsthand — because the best HR tools are designed by people who've lived the problem.