Labor Burden

Labor cost management within dbi Staff Scheduler is achieved as the result of capturing a daily projected revenue budget and comparing it to the number of hours scheduled multiplied by the hourly cost associated with each staff member scheduled to work.

At a system level you define your target labor cost which represents the maximum percentage of your budgeted revenue you want to spend on labor.  For example if the budgeted revenue for a day is $10,000.00 and your target labor cost is 20% then the sum of all the scheduled staff hours multiplied by their respective hourly costs (as captured in the individual’s staff profile) should not exceed $2,000.00 (20% of $10,000.00). 

The hourly cost for each staff member is captured in each staff member’s profile. 
NOTE: By default a staff member is "costed" at their default hourly cost as noted in their profile.  The staff scheduler software does however support individual hourly costs for different position/tasks within a schedule as captured in the Position/Wage detail of a Staff member.

The projected daily revenue to be used in the labor burden calculation is captured in the Revenue Budget.

Capturing the Revenue Budget

Labor burden is reported in the Staff Cost report or in the Budget list in the List View object in the main schedule planning form.  When viewing the Budget list in the main schedule planning form the labor burden is updated in real time as time bars are created, assigned, changed/moved, and deleted.

The Labor Burden by day in the scheduling interface

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