1. Exercise: FTEs to Annualize Staffing (20 pts.)

The Metropolis Health System managers are working on their budgets for next year. Each manager must annualize his or her staffing plan, and thus must convert staff net paid days worked to a factor. Each manager has the MHS worksheet, which shows 8 holidays, 12 sick days, 10 vacation days and 2 education days, equaling 32 paid days per year not worked.

The Radiology Department is fully staffed seven days per week and the 32 paid days per year not worked is applicable for the department. The Medical Records department is also fully staffed seven days per week. However, Medical Records is an outsourced department so the employee benefits are somewhat different. The Medical Records employees receive 8 holidays plus 15 personal leave days which can be used for any purpose.

Required

a) Compute the Net Paid Days Worked for a full-time employee in Radiology and in Medical Records.

b) Convert Net Paid Days Worked to a factor for Radiology and for Medical Records so these MHS managers can annualize their staffing plans.

2. The housekeeping director is analyzing staff turnover and has collected the information in the table below and has read that turnover among hospital housekeeping staff averages 40% per year. Calculate and evaluate the turnover rates and explain whether the department has a turnover problem. (20 pts.)

Position FTE Hires Turnover Rate

Supervisory 8 4 ______

Housekeepers 40 15 ______

Total 48 19 ______