Full-time Average FTE Adapted from The average number of full-time equivalent ongoing Total FTE (Ongoing)(end of Useful for monitoring average workforce equivalent (Ongoing) FTE employees employed by the organisation over a specified specified period) + Total FTE capacity and average workforce cost (salary) ‘Total (FTE) and period. (Ongoing)(beginning of specified associated with the ongoing workforce. (Ongoing)’ (Continued) period) / 2 ‘Average FTE’. Average FTE (Ongoing) is the average of total FTE (Ongoing) at the end of the period and total FTE (Ongoing) at the beginning of the period. Average - Federal The number of full-time equivalent employees receiving Sum of Paid FTE (for each pay Measures workforce expenditure against the staffing level Budget salary or wages (Paid FTE) by the organisation averaged period from the beginning of the estimated ASL prescribed in the Portfolio (ASL) website. over the financial year. financial year up to and including Budget Statement for the organisation for the current pay period) / Number that financial year. ASL can be measured at various time points over a of pay periods (from the financial year to enable tracking against the estimated The estimated ASL is usually organisation’s beginning of the financial year ASL prescribed in the Portfolio Budget Statement for the allocated across individual business units by up to and including the current organisation for that financial year. the finance area to enable organisation’s pay period) business units to manage their individual allocations. Employment Employment -SOSR. The breakdown of total headcount by number of full-time For each employment status: Useful for better understanding the status status profile -Statistical employees and part-time employees. Headcount (Employment status workforce profile and organisation’s Bulletin. category) workforce availability, and for monitoring and Can also be presented as the percentage of total Percentage breakdown: measuring access to and utilisation of headcount by employment status. For each employment status: flexible working arrangements. Note: Headcount (Employment status Casuals and contractors should be recorded separately category) / Total headcount*100 to other full-time and part-time employees as they reflect a contractual situation as opposed to workplace flexibility.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) (Continued) Average FTE (Ongoing) Adapted from ‘Total FTE (Ongoing)’ and ‘Average FTE’. The average number of full-time equivalent ongoing employees employed by the organisation over a specified period. Average FTE (Ongoing) is the average of total FTE (Ongoing) at the end of the period and total FTE (Ongoing) at the beginning of the period. Total FTE (Ongoing)(end of specified period) + Total FTE (Ongoing)(beginning of specified period) / 2 Useful for monitoring average workforce capacity and average workforce cost (salary) associated with the ongoing workforce. Average staffing level (ASL) - Federal Budget website. The number of full-time equivalent employees receiving salary or wages (Paid FTE) by the organisation averaged over the financial year. ASL can be measured at various time points over a financial year to enable tracking against the estimated ASL prescribed in the Portfolio Budget Statement for the organisation for that financial year. Sum of Paid FTE (for each pay period from the beginning of the financial year up to and including the current pay period) / Number of pay periods (from the beginning of the financial year up to and including the current pay period) Measures workforce expenditure against the estimated ASL prescribed in the Portfolio Budget Statement for the organisation for that financial year. The organisation’s estimated ASL is usually allocated across individual business units by the organisation’s finance area to enable business units to manage their individual allocations. Employment status Employment status profile -SOSR. -Statistical Bulletin. The breakdown of total headcount by number of full-time employees and part-time employees. Can also be presented as the percentage of total headcount by employment status. Note: Casuals and contractors should be recorded separately to other full-time and part-time employees as they reflect a contractual situation as opposed to workplace flexibility. For each employment status: Headcount (Employment status category) Percentage breakdown: For each employment status: Headcount (Employment status category) / Total headcount*100 Useful for better understanding the organisation’s workforce profile and workforce availability, and for monitoring and measuring access to and utilisation of flexible working arrangements.