During the 1970s, Generac expanded its offerings in the portable and recreational vehicle markets, and in the 1980s the company entered the commercial and industrial markets with its backup power generation systems.
Add each cost to determine the labor burden cost of the employee. In this example, assume you pay $2,000 in payroll taxes, $1,000 in insurance, $2,000 in benefits and $5,000 in supplies and other miscellaneous expenses. Add together $2,000, $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 to get a labor burden cost of $10,000.
Labor Burden. Labor burden describes the costs a business incurs to employ a worker, besides the actual cash wages or salary that it pays to the employee. Labor burden includes payroll taxes, retirement benefits, health benefits, worker's compensation, life insurance, pensions and other fringe benefits. Labor burden can be a significant portion of the total cost of carrying employees, especially when employers provide many fringe benefits.