Employee and Contractor Mix Planner methodology

totalHeadcount = Σ option headcount

totalProductiveHours = Σ headcount × productive hours per person

totalCostExTax = Σ headcount × cost per person

costPerProductiveHourExTax = total workforce cost ÷ total productive hours

capacityGapHours = max(0, required productive hours − total productive hours)

Money inputs and outputs use the currency selected in the scenario without changing the canonical methodology. Rates, margins, utilisation and buffers are entered as percentages and converted to decimal values for calculation.

• The exact engine accepts 1 to 8 unique stable option IDs.
• Headcount is a non-negative whole number and all cost/capacity values are finite and non-negative.
• Total hours and total cost reconcile to exact option-row sums.
• Zero productive hours returns a nullable cost per productive hour.

Employee scenario headcount minimum

option1Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Employee scenario headcount maximum

option1Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Employee scenario productive hours per person minimum

option1ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Employee scenario productive hours per person maximum

option1ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Employee scenario cost per person minimum

option1CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Employee scenario cost per person maximum

option1CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario headcount minimum

option2Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario headcount maximum

option2Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario productive hours per person minimum

option2ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario productive hours per person maximum

option2ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario cost per person minimum

option2CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Contractor scenario cost per person maximum

option2CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 headcount minimum

option3Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 headcount maximum

option3Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 productive hours per person minimum

option3ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 productive hours per person maximum

option3ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 cost per person minimum

option3CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 3 cost per person maximum

option3CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 headcount minimum

option4Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 headcount maximum

option4Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 productive hours per person minimum

option4ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 productive hours per person maximum

option4ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 cost per person minimum

option4CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 4 cost per person maximum

option4CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 headcount minimum

option5Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 headcount maximum

option5Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 productive hours per person minimum

option5ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 productive hours per person maximum

option5ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 cost per person minimum

option5CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 5 cost per person maximum

option5CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 headcount minimum

option6Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 headcount maximum

option6Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 productive hours per person minimum

option6ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 productive hours per person maximum

option6ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 cost per person minimum

option6CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 6 cost per person maximum

option6CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 headcount minimum

option7Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 headcount maximum

option7Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 productive hours per person minimum

option7ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 productive hours per person maximum

option7ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 cost per person minimum

option7CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 7 cost per person maximum

option7CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 headcount minimum

option8Headcount ≥ 0 whole people/workforce option — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 headcount maximum

option8Headcount ≤ 100,000 whole people/workforce option — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 productive hours per person minimum

option8ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≥ 0 productive hours/person/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 productive hours per person maximum

option8ProductiveHoursPerPerson ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/person/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 cost per person minimum

option8CostPerPersonExTax ≥ 0 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Option 8 cost per person maximum

option8CostPerPersonExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/person/selected period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Required productive hours minimum

requiredProductiveHours ≥ 0 productive hours/selected period — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Required productive hours maximum

requiredProductiveHours ≤ 100,000,000 productive hours/selected period — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

• Option labels are presentation labels only and do not classify workers.
• Cost and productive hours use the same selected period basis.
• A comparison table is used; no chart adds decision value for the bounded option mix.

This planner has no current policy-data dependency. Its commercial assumptions are user supplied. Registered family-level regression suites exercise the shared business-logic engine and worked-result reconciliation.

• The workflow does not determine worker classification, employment status or legal obligations.
• It does not replace accounting, payroll, employment, tax or legal advice.

This is educational decision support, not tax, accounting, legal or financial advice. Check the treatment of your actual transactions under the rules that apply to your business and seek qualified advice where appropriate.

Registered family-level suites test formula invariants and example reconciliation; the release ledger records that coverage without claiming a separate oracle for every line of public copy. There is no official threshold or benchmark to refresh for this planner. Commercial inputs remain user-supplied because they vary by business and contract.

1. 2026-07-31: Initial public release of the planner and methodology after pre-launch calculation, content, source and interaction review.