CALCULATION
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Objectives:
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Mathematical support
for Employers Dollar Loss Calculator |
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Please
note: The numbers used to calculate these results are
a very conservative. The actual cost may vary depending on the
individuals and companies. The pay rate dollar amount does not
include any other employer-provided healthcare costs, paid vacations,
holidays, benefits, incentives, bonuses and/or any other employee-related
expenses. This calculation is solely based on a flat, average
hourly pay rate.
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Variables: |
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Number of employees who
smoke = 1
Average hourly pay rate = $15
Average number of smoking breaks in a day = 25 |
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Math: |
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- Average hourly
pay rate = $15
Adding
5 different levels of hourly pay rates to arrive at an average
pay rate:
$7 + $10 + $15 + $20 + $25 = 77 / 5 = $15.40 or ~ $15.00 average
hourly pay rate
- Average number
of cigarettes smoked/smoking breaks in a day = 25
Adding
four different levels of smokers, 10 + 20 + 30 + 40 (cigarette-a-day
habit) / 4 = 25
- Average time per cigarette breaks
= 10 minutes
Since
the smoker has to leave his/her work area to go outside/designated
smoking area to smoke, 5 minutes was allowed for traveling to
and from work area and 5 minutes to smoke a cigarette = 10 minutes.
- Average number of cigarettes breaks
per 8-hour shift = 9
Although
the average awake time is 16 hours a day with 8 hours of sleep
time, due to the employee's work schedule, the same four different
levels of smoking habits were used to arrive at this number:
16
/ 10
(cigarette-a-day habit)
= 1.60 hours = 1 cigarette every 1.60 hour
16 / 20 (cigarette-a-day
habit) =
0.80 hours = 1 cigarette every 0.80 hour
16 / 30
(cigarette-a-day habit)
= 0.53 hours = 1 cigarette every 0.53 hour
16 / 40 (cigarette-a-day
habit) =
0.40 hours = 1 cigarette every 0.40 hour
or 3.33 / 4 (levels) = .8325 x 60 (minutes) = 49.95 minutes =
~ 50-minute intervals
An 8-hour shift x 60 (minutes) = 480 minutes
480 / 50 (minute intervals) = 9.6 cigarette breaks per 8-hour
shift or ~ 9 cigarette breaks
9 X 10 = 90 minutes time spent smoking
in an 8-hour shift per smoker, or
90 ÷ 60 Minutes = 1.5 hours
a day
1.5 x $15 (avg. hourly pay rate)
= $22.50 loss to employer per day per smoker
$22.5 x 5 (work days in a week) =
$112.50 loss to employer a week per smoker
$112.50 x 50 weeks = $5,625 loss
to employer a year per smoker
$5,625 x 10 years = $56,250 loss
to employer for 10 years per smoker
$5,625 x 20 years = $112,500 loss
to employer for 20 years per smoker
$5,625 x 30 years = $168,750 loss
to employer for 30 years per smoker
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