The same week reads 32.1 per cent honestly and 26.7 flattered
Labour Percentage Calculator
Wages against sales, measured the honest way: on-costs in, VAT out. Against till takings the same week flatters itself by a sixth, and budgets believe it.
Labour Percentage Calculator
Wages against sales, measured the honest way, and what every point over target costs across a year.
The convention, stated
Labour percentage is the full labour cost, employer NIC and pension included, over sales EXCLUDING VAT. Measured against till takings it flatters itself by a sixth, which is how a 32 per cent week gets reported as 27 and nobody worries.
The percentage steers, the pounds decide: a point of labour on the demo week is £10,209 a year. Two points is a part-time wage.
Fix the percentage with the rota, not the pay rate. The Rota and Labour Cost Planner prices the week before it is worked, which is the only time it can still be changed.
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