Case Studies
Susan's Story: How She Saved 88% on Penalty Rates with Dispense Assist Technician
Paying less than $100 in total for a Dispense Assist Technician for a 7.5hr public holiday shift, Susan avoids paying penalty rates and pays just $9.58/hr instead of $83.98/hr, a saving of 88%
Susan owns a pharmacy that is busy enough to require between one and two pharmacists to work on a public holiday, meaning she needs to employ two pharmacists. One of her regular pharmacists decides to have the public holiday off.
Susan would normally employ a casual "Experienced Pharmacist" to work 9am-5pm with 1/2hr unpaid meal break, at the award rate of pay. Instead, Susan decides to use a Dispense Assist Technician (Advanced) - shared use 2 stores in an endeavour to avoid penalty rates and save money.
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Cost Analysis |
Using Dispense Assist |
Not Using Dispense Assist |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit Cost |
Total Cost |
Unit Cost |
Total Cost |
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| Hours worked 9:00am-1:00pm | $9.58 | $38.32 | $83.98 | $335.92 |
| Hours worked 1:30pm-5:00pm | $9.58 | $33.53 | $83.98 | $293.93 |
| Compulsory Leave Entitlements | 25% | $17.96 | Included In The Above | |
| Superannuation | 10.00% | $8.98 | 10.00% | $62.99 |
| Total Cost | $98.79 | $692.84 | ||