Labor goals are used to calculate a daily labor cost target for the store. Errors will be indicated on the schedule if the cost of scheduled hours does not match the labor target.
- Click the Labor Goals tab.
- Click the Add
button to add a new goal period.
- Click the Effective field, and then click the arrow and select a date for the week of Labor Goals to take effect from the calendar. The goals will remain in effect until you add a new labor goal entry.
- In the Weekly Labor $ field, enter your target weekly labor cost in dollars.
- In the Labor Hour Yield field, enter the Labor Hour Yield (see the equation and Hint below).
Labor Hour Yield =
Total Sales
Total Hours Scheduled - Base Hours
Where Base Hours are the minimum number of labor hours required to keep your business open, assuming few or no sales are made.
Hint To set an initial value for Labor Hour Yield, you can view the Day report for a well-scheduled day in the past, and use the total sales and hours scheduled that day in the equation above.
- In the Base Hours field for each day of the week, enter the minimum number of labor hours required to keep your business open.
- On the Edit menu, click Save Changes.
- Go to Step 3: Enter Employee Shifts.