FUDCOST M3. Unit 2. Presentation
FUDCOST M3. Unit 2. Presentation
• Variable costs
• Increase or decrease with increases or decreases in volume
• Semivariable costs
• Part fixed and part variable; also increase or decrease (but at a slower rate)
with increases or decreases in volume
Fixed and Variable Payroll Costs
Total Labor Cost Consists Of
Pay Other Payroll Costs
• Includes employee’s • Includes payroll
hourly wages taxes and
• Includes assessments
management • Includes benefits
salaries costs
Common Employee Benefits
• Paid holidays • Life insurance
• Paid vacations • Disability insurance
• Paid sick or personal • Dental insurance
days • Vision insurance
• Health insurance • Company-funded
retirement
programs
Labor Cost Percentage
• Restaurant managers must relate the dollars spent for labor to the
sales generated by those labor dollars.
• Build flexibility.