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title: "Long-Term Living Magazine: A Manager’s Guide to Labor Cost Management"
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# [Long-Term Living Magazine: A Manager’s Guide to Labor Cost Management](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/long-term-living-magazine-a-managers-guide-to-labor-cost-management)

 Written by [OnShift](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/author/onshift) | Aug 16, 2011 12:00:00 AM

Labor is a provider's largest expense, and one that historically has not been managed as well as it could and should be.

For many providers, reductions in agency staff and minimizing overtime are fast-track ways to control labor costs. You can experience even greater results by adding a third element of cost control: managing to your budget thresholds, as tightly as possible. Small variances in budgeted labor versus actual labor can add up to tremendous savings over the course of a year.

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