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Is Your Labor Cost Too High?
Enter monthly revenue and payroll to see if your labor cost ratio is in the healthy range.
Enter revenue and labor costs — the system calculates your labor cost ratio.
The labour cost ratio calculator is a free Eatsy tool: enter monthly revenue and total labour cost (wages, insurance, bonuses) to get your labour ratio, compare it with the bands restaurants commonly treat as healthy, watch-list and danger, and see how much each extra table of revenue pulls the ratio down. Use it to set a staffing ceiling before you schedule.
營收與人力成本
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人事成本太高？從排班開始省。
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FAQ
What counts as labour cost?
Wages, overtime, bonuses, the employer's share of insurance and pension, outsourced staff — and the owner's own salary, which small restaurants most often leave out and thereby understate the ratio.
If the ratio is high, should I cut staff first?
Look at the denominator first: more revenue from the same team (filling off-peak bookings, cutting no-show empty tables) often moves the ratio faster than cutting hours. The tool shows the effect of each extra table so you can choose between re-rostering and reducing staff.
How does this connect to scheduling?
Once you know the ceiling you can afford, you can back out the maximum hours per day. Eatsy Workforce's roster totals each person's days and each day's headcount live, so you can check it against that ceiling.
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