Headcount Reporting

An aspect of running a corporation relates to the management of position related information. This can take the form of counting the numbers of employees that work in a corporation in each division and department. Employees headcount is categorised into appropriate management categories, according to employee types and other characteristics. These other characteristics could include training history, training type, nationality, payroll status and payroll type.

Temporary Employees

Some headcount of temporary employees might be required as well. Temporary employees may be temporory because of their temporary internal assignment to a particular department (cost centre), or it may be because they have been hired on a temporary contract.

Non-employees: contractors

If headcount is to be used for the calculation of data with and output aspect: effort and resource, then headcount needs to include personnel not on the payroll, which means contractos and service personnel.

Part-time Headcount

Many organisations use some personnel only for a limited part of the week or month. This might be because they have a part-time contract, or they might be being shared with another division. Should these people be counted as whole individuals, part individuals or excluded from the figures? Headcount reports can be split according to hours worked, in the same way that timesheet reporting is used to compile billing hours.

Defining a period of time

Headcount statistics relate to the number of people for a particular period. Separations and additions to a headcount process are likely to happen at any time, maybe at the beginning of the year, or month, or maybe part way through. In order to compile accurate statistics, a clear definition of the relevant time is required.