Assignment Exercise 8-1 FTEs to Annualize Staffing

The Metropolis Health System managers are also 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 work sheet, which shows 9 holidays, 7 sick days, 15 vacation days and 3 education days, equaling 34 paid days per year not worked. The Laboratory is fully staffed seven days per week and the 34 paid days per year not worked is applicable for the lab. 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 9 holidays plus 21 personal leave days which can be used for any purpose

. Required:

1. Compute Net Paid Days Worked for a full-time employee in the Laboratory and in Medical Records. 2. Convert Net Paid Days Worked to a factor for the Laboratory and for Medical Records so these MHS managers can annualize their staffing plans.