SizingSchedules
· 5 min read
Why your schedule looks fine on paper and breaks in practice: shrinkage and coverage
The schedule closes in the spreadsheet and breaks on the floor. Most of the time the culprit is ignored shrinkage.
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Workforce Management Insights
Technical articles on sizing, scheduling and labor rules, focused on healthcare operations.
HealthcareSizing
· 5 min read
Auditable care workforce sizing: what ART 782/2025 actually requires
ART (Resolution 782/2025) and COFEN Normative Opinion 01/2024 changed the rules of nursing workforce sizing. Here is what changed and how to move past the spreadsheet.
Workforce SizingWFM
· 8 min read
How many people does your operation really need? Demand-driven vs. fixed-post staffing
How many people does your operation really need? Demand-driven (Erlang) and fixed-post (HC = posts × shifts × factor × shrinkage) sizing with examples.
Labor LawCompliance
· 8 min read
CLT compliance: the 6 rules every work schedule must respect
11h inter-shift rest, 35h weekly rest, intra-shift break, Sundays, daily limits and night work. The 6 universal CLT rules that protect any schedule from penalties.
Work SchedulesLabor Law
· 6 min read
12x36 schedule: legal and lean, but fragile when poorly applied
12-hour shift followed by 36 hours of rest (42h weekly average). Art. 59-A CLT, validated by the Supreme Court in 2023, and the mistakes that create 5-year retroactive liability.
Work SchedulesLabor Law
· 7 min read
End of the 6x1 schedule and transition to 5x2: what changes in your operation
PEC 221/2019 approved in the Chamber on 05/27/2026. Understand the deadlines, the coverage factor moving from 1.17 to 1.40 and how to redesign the operation for 5x2.
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