1. Average cost per employee

* Shows the total investment in employees and can be used to determine new employee salaries and to check against average benchmarks for the industry

2. Unscheduled Absenteeism

* Strong indicator of dissatisfaction and a predictor of staff turnover. This metric can give information to prevent this kind of leave, as absenteeism can be very costly.

3. Staff turnover

* Shows how many workers leave the company in a given year

4. Training cost per employee

* Shows the average training investment per employee and should relate to the revenue per employee

5. Overtime hours

* Shows overtime per employee on average, alternatively can be derived per employee. Excessive overtime may point to the need for additional staff

6. Employee Productivity

* Shows employee productivity based on revenue. The higher the output the greater the producitivity