Pass on at least 30% more of monthly health insurance premium costs to the employee. (NOTE: I think doing away with health insurance would be a huge mistake, especially since some employees have “pre-existing conditions” and would not be able to have health insurance otherwise.)
Reduce PTO accrual rates by at least a couple of hours per pay period.
Have staff take one “furlough day” (or Leave Without Pay) per year. (Cost example: If a staff person makes $80 in an eight-hour work period, that is $80 x 100 staff people which would equal a savings of at least $8,000 a year.) Two “furlough days” would save at least $16,000 a year.
Cross-train people in related departments (example: cross-train Medical Records staff in Data Processing, and vice-versa). Use these people where needed most at crucial times.
Use Century Gothic font in Word documents (research has shown that this font saves lots of ink).
Change print settings as follows: Click Print – click Advanced on top right of page – on left side, click “Fast/Economical Printing” – on right side, on Print Quality choose Fast Draft – on right side, on Print In Grayscale choose Black Ink Only – Click OK – Click Options (on lower left) – Check the Draft Output box – Click OK – then Print.
Have an agency-wide garage sale with employees contributing items. Proceeds would go towards the agency building improvement fund.