Workforce, Labor Standards & Skills Planning worked example

Labor Availability Risk with staffing shortfall severity of 15 score: a worked example

Push staffing shortfall severity up to 15 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when labor availability risk in workforce, labor standards and skills planning needs a defensible ranking against other workforce, labor standards and skills planning risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Staffing shortfall severity: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Shortfall occurrence likelihood: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Shortfall detection difficulty: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Labor availability risk score = labor availability risk severity score × labor availability risk occurrence score × labor availability risk detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for labor availability risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for labor availability risk severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for labor availability risk occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for labor availability risk detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where staffing shortfall severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence, and detection scores into a single risk priority number for a labor availability threat. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Labor availability risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Labor availability risk severity score: 15 score
  • Labor availability risk occurrence score: 4 score
  • Labor availability risk detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Labor Availability Risk calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.