To convert the rate from employees per minute to employees per second, you can use the conversion factor between minutes and seconds.
1 minute = 60 seconds
To find the equivalent rate in employees per second, divide the number of employees by the number of seconds in a minute:
\[ \text{Rate in employees per second} = \frac{540 \text{ employees}}{60 \text{ seconds}} \]
Calculating this gives:
\[ \text{Rate in employees per second} = 9 \text{ employees/second} \]
Therefore, 540 employees per minute is equivalent to 9 employees per second.