Can Fte Be Less Than 1?

Each employee that on average, worked more than 40 hours a week during the particular calculation period, counts as one FTE. One employee cannot be greater than one FTE— overtime does not apply. ... For example, if you have 3 employees who consistently worked 20 hours a week, altogether they would count as 1.5 FTE.

What is a 0.5 FTE?

Employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are 0.5 FTEs. ... For example, an employee scheduled to work 21 hours per week would be 0.6 FTE when the full-time workweek is 35 hours. FTE calculations are about hours worked rather than number of employees.

What is a 0.3 FTE?

In many situations like this, most of your employees are part time but not all are working the same number of hours. You might have managers who are 1.0 FTEs, but then some part-time employees are working 20 hours a week (0.5 FTE), and some only work 15 hours per week (0.3 FTE).

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