Appendix A: Common workforce metrics Workforce theme: Workforce availability Category Metric Sources Definition Formula Purpose referenced* Employment Employment -SOSR. The breakdown of the total workforce by For each employment type: Useful for understanding the mix of your organisation’s type type profile -Statistical employment types within the workforce. Headcount (Employment type) workforce in relation to types of employment (Category) Bulletin. arrangements. Employment types include: Percentage breakdown Ongoing—Permanent employees. For each employment type: Useful for organisations that frequently utilise Non-ongoing—Non-ongoing employees engaged for a Headcount (Employment type) / or have large proportions of non-ongoing specified term or task. employees (or contractors or casuals). Headcount (Total Casual—Non-ongoing staff engaged for duties that are workforce)*100 Can be useful for examining seasonal or irregular or intermittent. cyclical workload and ability to respond to Contractor—Workers paid through a third party. surges in workforce demand. Can also be presented as the percentage of the total workforce by employment type. Note: The total workforce includes employment types not included in total headcount. Headcount Total Developed in The number of employees directly employed by the Number of ongoing employees + Indicates the number of employees working headcount consultation organisation at a point in time. Number of non-ongoing for the organisation, regardless of hours with APS employees (specified term/task) worked, other working arrangements or Includes: agencies. leave. - All full-time and part-time, ongoing and non-ongoing employees engaged for a specified term or task, Useful for workforce profiling as other including those on leave, such as maternity leave, long workforce metrics are also provided in terms service leave, etc. of headcount (recruitment and exit rates, for Excludes: example). -*Non-ongoing staff engaged for duties that are irregular Headcount is useful when measuring data or intermittent (casuals). that relates to individuals (such as age, -*Workers paid through a third party (contractors). gender, diversity, etc.). *If you opt to include casuals and contractors in your total headcount, this should be specified clearly.
Appendix A: Common workforce metrics Workforce theme: Workforce availability Category Metric Sources referenced* Definition Formula Purpose Employment type (Category) Employment type profile -SOSR. -Statistical Bulletin. The breakdown of the organisation’s total workforce by employment types within the workforce. Employment types include: Ongoing—Permanent employees. Non-ongoing—Non-ongoing employees engaged for a specified term or task. Casual—Non-ongoing staff engaged for duties that are irregular or intermittent. Contractor—Workers paid through a third party. Can also be presented as the percentage of the total workforce by employment type. Note: The total workforce includes employment types not included in total headcount. For each employment type: Headcount (Employment type) Percentage breakdown For each employment type: Headcount (Employment type) / Headcount (Total workforce)*100 Useful for understanding the mix of your workforce in relation to types of employment arrangements. Useful for organisations that frequently utilise or have large proportions of non-ongoing employees (or contractors or casuals). Can be useful for examining seasonal or cyclical workload and ability to respond to surges in workforce demand. Headcount Total headcount Developed in consultation with APS agencies. The number of employees directly employed by the organisation at a point in time. Includes: - All full-time and part-time, ongoing and non-ongoing employees engaged for a specified term or task, including those on leave, such as maternity leave, long service leave, etc. Excludes: -*Non-ongoing staff engaged for duties that are irregular or intermittent (casuals). -*Workers paid through a third party (contractors). *If you opt to include casuals and contractors in your total headcount, this should be specified clearly. Number of ongoing employees + Number of non-ongoing employees (specified term/task) Indicates the number of employees working for the organisation, regardless of hours worked, other working arrangements or leave. Useful for workforce profiling as other workforce metrics are also provided in terms of headcount (recruitment and exit rates, for example). Headcount is useful when measuring data that relates to individuals (such as age, gender, diversity, etc.).
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