Workforce absence frequency severity calculator

Calculate recorded absence episodes and employees with at least one episode with your own figures.

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Use the units shown. Results update as you change valid inputs.

Use recorded absence episodes and employees with at least one episode to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Employees: ID, scheduled days in the period
E1,20 E2,20 E3,10
Disjoint absence episodes: ID, employee, scheduled days lost; or none
A,E1,2 B,E1,1 C,E2,4
Recorded absence episodes
3
Employees with at least one episode (%)
66.666667
Scheduled days lost (%)
14
Average scheduled days lost per episode
2.333333
Episodes per 100 included employees
100
Scheduled days lost by employee
E1: 3; E2: 4; E3: 0

Try another scenario

Employees: ID, scheduled days in the period
E1,20 E2,20 E3,10
Disjoint absence episodes: ID, employee, scheduled days lost; or none
A,E1,2 B,E1,1 C,E2,1
Recorded absence episodes
3
Employees with at least one episode (%)
66.666667
Scheduled days lost (%)
8
Average scheduled days lost per episode
1.333333
Episodes per 100 included employees
100
Scheduled days lost by employee
E1: 3; E2: 1; E3: 0
Calculation method

Calculation method

Recorded absence episodes

Count supplied episodes, not absent days.

Employees with at least one episode (%)

Distinct employees in episodes/included employees×100.

Scheduled days lost (%)

Total scheduled days lost/total scheduled days×100.

Average scheduled days lost per episode

Total lost days/episode count, undefined with no episodes.

Episodes per 100 included employees

Episode count/included employees×100.

Scheduled days lost by employee

Sum supplied disjoint episode days, rejecting a total above an employee’s scheduled days.

Symbols and units
a
Employees: ID, scheduled days in the period
b
Disjoint absence episodes: ID, employee, scheduled days lost; or none

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • An episode-based descriptive worksheet with explicit denominators; it is not the BLS reference-week absence series, a diagnosis, or an individual employment score. The supplied episode days must be disjoint scheduled days within the same period.
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Further reading

ILO: supplied workforce records and full-time-equivalent measurement background ↗

Background reading; this does not imply endorsement or independent review of SumFizz.

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