Absence Cost Exposure

The true financial cost of workforce absence: overtime, temporary labor, and administrative burden.

Sample data

Overtime cost

$7.44M

128,000 hrs · 1.5× premium

Modeled

Temp / contractor cost

$4.03M

80,000 hrs · 1.3× premium

Modeled

Administrative burden

$918K

8% of replacement labor

Modeled

Total cost exposure

$12.39M

OT + temp + admin

Modeled

Absence cost waterfall

Modeled

How absence-related costs accumulate. Uncovered impact is operational, not a cash expense.

How lost capacity is covered

Coverage mix

Overtime128,000 hrs (40%) · $7.44M

Temp / relief staff80,000 hrs (25%) · $4.03M

Reassignment64,000 hrs (20%)

Uncovered work48,000 hrs (15%)

Total absence hours320,000= 153.8 FTE

Total replacement labor cost$12.39MOT + temp + admin

Uncovered operational capacity48,000not a cash cost

Overtime costs

OT coverage hours128,00040% of absence

Base hourly rate$39incl. 1.3× load

OT premium1.5×

Total OT cost$7.44M

Temporary / relief labor

External coverage hours80,00025% of absence

Base hourly rate$39

Temp premium1.3×

Total temp cost$4.03M

Administrative & management burden

Admin burden rate8%of replacement labor

Scheduling & coordination$367Kestimated

Supervisory time$321Kestimated

Processing & overhead$229Kestimated

Total admin burden$918K

Cost exposure vs. cost avoidance. These are current costs associated with absence. Cost avoidance (what PayRX could reduce) is shown separately on the Cost Avoidance page.

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