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Labour turnover

Labour turnover is the rate at which staff leave an organisation. There are different methods for measuring staff turnover, including the wastage index or standard formula, the resignation rate, the stability rate and the survival rate.

Benchmarking the employer's total turnover rate and voluntary resignation rate against those of similar employers can help the employer to establish whether the level of turnover is acceptable, too high or too low.

Employers need to analyse the underlying reasons for staff departures and, if the departure rates are too high, establish a retention strategy.


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    CFO turnover at six-year high as pressure builds

    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025

    More than 15% of chief financial officers in publicly listed companies left their roles in 2024, according to research by Russell Reynolds Associates.

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    2024: the year’s biggest news in employment and HR

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024

    The arrival of the first Labour government for 14 years ushered in a host of changes for employers.

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    Worker reforms threat to UK business, say firms

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 16 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 16 Sep 2024

    Employers believe the UK will become less attractive to investors if new employment policies are introduced in their current form.

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    Hays warns UK employers hesitant to hire as profits plummet

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 22 Aug 2024

    Hays highlights hesitancy in the UK hiring market for the year ending June 2024 as it revealed its annual profits dropped by 92%.

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    December job postings down by a third

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024

    Demand for workers in December 2023 was significantly lower than a year earlier, with the number of active job postings down by 32%.

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    UK doctor workforce grows, but more graduates needed

    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2023

    The number of licensed UK doctors continues to grow despite increasing rates of burnout, according to the General Medical Council.

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    Childcare workforce plan needed to avert staffing crisis

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Nov 2023

    A childcare workforce plan is required to meet demand when more free places are rolled out, a report has claimed.

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    Decline in hires continues, but at a slower rate

    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2023

    Permanent hires decreased for a further consecutive month in October, according to the latest Report on Jobs.

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    Research: Missed exit interviews are a missed opportunity

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Oct 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Oct 2023

    More than half of UK employees were not invited to a formal exit interview when resigning from their last job role, new research has shown.

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    Candidate availability increases at fastest rate since 2020

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jul 2023

    There has been a sharp upturn in candidate availability, while pressure on starting salaries has started to ease.

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    Rapid growth of non-EU workers across some sectors

    by Rob Moss 1 Jun 2023
    by Rob Moss 1 Jun 2023

    Several sectors have now shifted to non-EU and British employees, a Guardian analysis revealed.

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    Retail headcount declines at fastest rate in 14 years

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 May 2023

    Retail headcount in Britain has declined at the fastest rate since February 2009, with retailers expecting staff numbers to contract further.

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    Half of UK workers seeking a new job

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 May 2023

    The 'great resignation' was not a short-lived phenomenon, according to research that highlights the number of active UK job seekers.

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    Budget 2023: number of returnees will be ‘modest’

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2023

    Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, said the figure was ‘just a fraction of the number lost from the workforce in the past couple of years’.

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    Managers call for ‘help to hire’ courses for over 50s recruitment

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Mar 2023

    The government should fund 'help to hire' bootcamps to help SMEs with over 50s recruitment, the Chartered Management Institute has said.

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