Item 15.5 - Attachment 2

Employee expenses and FTE

Notes:

§ ELE – Employee Leave Entitlements

§ Other employees’ costs include – workers compensation, training, recruitment and fringe benefits tax

	2006/07 Actual	2007/08 Actual	2008/09 Actual	2009/10 Forecast
Employee Costs	57,441	62,803	67,422	70,320
Number of employees at 30 June	691	737	736	743

Notes:

§ The number of employees is as at 30 June of the relevant year and is the number of temporary and permanent fulltime equivalent employees (FTEs) at that time. eg. two staff working 20 hours and 15 hours respectively would be counted as one FTE.

§ As staff numbers are being recorded at a particular point in time, variations will occur from period to period due to vacancies and circumstances existing at that time.

§ 2009/10 FTE forecast is FTE at end of first quarter

	2008/09 Qtr 1	2008/09Qtr 2	2008/09 Qtr 3	2008/09 Qtr 4	2009/10 Qtr 1
Employee Costs ($000)	17,865	17,269	15,475	16,813	16,135
Number of employees at end of quarter	743	739	736	736	743

Notes:

§ The number of employees is as at the end of the quarter and is the number of temporary and permanent fulltime equivalent employees (FTEs) at that time

§ As staff numbers are being recorded at a particular point in time, variations will occur from period to period due to vacancies and circumstances existing at that time.

§ The employee costs will vary from quarter to quarter for a number of reasons. The number of calendar days in a quarter can vary and this will influence the employee costs incurred in that quarter. The timing of some employee related payments, such as workers compensation premiums, back pay and superannuation contributions will also influence the total employee costs in a particular quarter.