SMART TIPS TO SAVE ON LABOR COSTS
Many operators are resorting to cutting employees’ hours to save on labor costs, but experts say there’s a better way.
With expenses from commodities to health care continuing to put increasing pressure on margins, many operators are looking closer than ever at their labor costs and how to cut them. While the default action for most operators is to cut employees or their hours, workforce-management experts say the best answer is to instead schedule hours more wisely....
To make scheduling quicker, easier, and more effective, Disselkamp recommends companies ditch their “primitive” paper and pencil or Excel spreadsheets and automate their employee scheduling. Recently, the National Restaurant Association officially endorsed a new online talent management system designed by the South Carolina–based software solution provider PeopleMatter that does just that.
