Labor Cost Setup

Labor Cost is the typically the highest cost of operating a business. To help monitor and manage labor cost in talech Register, you will need to configure a few settings.

The following items are a checklist of the settings that need to be configured:

• Overtime/Double Time Rules
• Employee’s Hourly Wages
• Clock-in/out’s must be accurate

This article will walk you through configuring these sections.

To Configure Overtime Rules:

1. Open your browser and go to www.talech.com and login
2. Click on Settings at the top of the page
3. Click on Employees > Labor Cost
4. Choose the day your Work Week Begins On
5. Configure your Overtime Hours per day and Hours per week
6. Configure your Double Time Hours per day
7. Click the Save button at the top of the page

Next you will need to edit the wages per employee, if you have not configured this already.

To Configure Overtime Rules:

1. Open your browser and go to www.talech.com and login
2. Click on Settings at the top of the page
3. Click on Employees
4. Click on each employee and set their Hourly, Overtime, and Double Overtime  rate
5. Click the Save button at the top of the page
6. Repeat the process as necessary per employee

Now when employees clock in and out, talech will compare revenue generated to hours worked.

The labor cost percentage can be seen in 3 locations

1. www.talech.com > Reports > Labor Cost
2. www.talech.com > Dashboard (Towards the bottom)
3. talech Register in Dashboard > Reports > Labor Cost***Only Manager and Admin employees can view this information in talech Register***

Please note: California, Kentucky, New York, Rhode Island merchants: please be aware your estimated wages may be inaccurate due to your state’s overtime and minimum wage regulations.

Estimated wages are merely guides and should not be used for payroll or accounting purposes.