Cut Labor Costs Without Layoffs: 28 Ways Health Clubs, Corporate Wellness Programs, Wellness Centers And Healthcare Practices Can Cut Labor Costs Without Layoffs
Twenty-eight "no-layoff" techniques that cut labor costs at health and wellness businesses by 20% or more while keeping valuable health, fitness and wellness professionals.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 19, 2009
"You're laying me off? Actually, no." Successful wellness centers, health clubs, corporate wellness programs and conventional and CAM healthcare practices avoid disruptive layoffs whenever possible. Instead, they use The Radial Group's free guide Cut Labor Costs Without Layoffs: A 28-Point Checklist For Health & Wellness Businesses (http://survey. constantcontact. com/survey/a07e2hdjv43fs7lkdcc/start) to cut labor costs by 20% or even more while keeping valuable health and wellness professionals.
The Radial Group provides sales, marketing and strategy advice to health and wellness businesses including corporate wellness programs, wellness centers, health clubs, nutrition and weight loss programs, and conventional, complementary and alternative (CAM) healthcare practices.
Leslie Nolen, Radial's president, recommends that health & wellness businesses:
"Win your employees' support by sharing the truth about how your wellness business is doing. Then they'll appreciate your efforts to save their jobs until business improves. And they'd rather keep their jobs - even for less pay or fewer hours - than face unemployment in this economy."
She advises health clubs, corporate wellness programs, nutrition and weight loss programs, wellness centers and conventional and CAM medical practices to start with these five tips to cut labor costs without laying off employees:
Health & Wellness Business Tip #1: Shorten your workweek
Switch to a four-day workweek for all employees, including health coaches, personal trainers, dietitians, fitness instructors, and clinical staff.
You'll see an immediate drop in salaries and wages of at least 20% for full-time employees.
Health & Wellness Business Tip #2: Cut senior management pay
Cut senior management pay temporarily. Sales and marketing execs, programming directors, club general managers, and other executives and top managers usually earn several times more than front-line employees. So even a 10 - 15% cut adds up fast.
Health & Wellness Business Tip #3: Eliminate extras
Cut out freebies, perks and extras. Eliminate free logo apparel for trainers, health coaches, fitness instructors, dietitians and other professional staff and drop cellphone reimbursement, company-paid vehicles and company-paid meals and entertainment.
Trimming these expenses can save at least 5 - 10%.
Health & Wellness Business Tip #4: Rearrange work assignments
Shift work to underutilized staff - even if it's not in their normal department. Yes, managers can lead classes or sell. Yes, fitness floor staff and health coaches can clean locker rooms. Yes, trainers can lead group fitness classes or restock shelves.
Health & Wellness Business Tip #5: Think outside the box.
Job-sharing, flexible work schedules, and telecommuting all give you ways to get more productivity at less cost from experienced people. Work-from-home arrangements, for example, can produce substantial facility cost savings.
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