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Retention of staff

Retention of staff, so that key skills and experience are not lost, is very important for employers.

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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    New teachers to receive £6,000 boost to attract the ‘best’

    by Rob Moss 2 Sep 2019
    by Rob Moss 2 Sep 2019

    Starting salaries for teachers will reach as much as £30,000 by the 2022-23 academic year under a range of plans announced today.

    • Police
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    Four in 10 police chiefs consider leaving because of pension tax bills

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Aug 2019

    Four in 10 police chiefs are considering leaving the service to avoid falling foul of the same tax rules that...

    • Brexit
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Drop in EU migrants prompts urgent call for immigration transition period

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Aug 2019

    The number of EU citizens moving to the UK to work has continued to fall, prompting business bodies to reiterate...

    • STEM
    • Change management
    • Employee engagement

    How Philip Morris International’s workforce adapted to deliver new a strategy

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2019

    When Philip Morris International wanted stop making the product that made it what it is today, it needed to ensure its staff were on board.

    • NHS
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    • Retirement

    Wider NHS pension reform needed to remove overtime deterrent

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jun 2019

    Plans to offer NHS doctors more flexible pensions will need to be part of wider reforms if the government wants...

    • Career development
    • Coaching and mentoring
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    Succession planning: how professional services firms can avoid talent drain

    by Elizabeth McEneny 5 Jun 2019
    by Elizabeth McEneny 5 Jun 2019

    Almost all organisations have felt the effects of record employment on recruitment, which is why supporting existing staff to move...

    • Competencies
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    • Executive recruitment

    Why ‘talent’ is no longer a useful term for business

    by Harriet Henaghan 16 May 2019
    by Harriet Henaghan 16 May 2019

    As the requirements for future leaders change, is it time to do away with the concept of focusing only on a select few?

    • Latest News
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    Two in five employers train existing staff to fill jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2019

    Forty-three per cent of employers are upskilling existing staff to plug hard-to-fill vacancies and a similar proportion (41%) say it has become more difficult to recruit in the past year.

    • Stress
    • Maternity
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    How should employers support returning mothers’ mental health?

    by Boma Adoki 9 May 2019
    by Boma Adoki 9 May 2019

    Returning to work after maternity leave can be a stressful time for a new mother and managers should be alive...

    • Carers
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    • Flexible working

    Enhance leave policies to keep carers in work, employers urged

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 May 2019

    The chief executive of a major energy supplier is urging employers to do more to retain the almost 5 million...

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    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    How to get ahead in the labour market race

    by Matt Weston 9 Apr 2019
    by Matt Weston 9 Apr 2019

    Matt Weston, managing director of recruitment firm Robert Half, looks at the current UK labour market and provides some insight...

    • Rest periods
    • NHS
    • Employee engagement

    ‘People wouldn’t admit they worked here’: Transforming Morecambe NHS trust

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019

    Furness General Hospital hit the headlines in 2013 following a number of tragic baby deaths in its maternity unit. Ashleigh...

    • London
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    • Flexible working

    Better working conditions needed to improve chef retention

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019

    Chef training and working conditions need to be reformed to help restaurants retain the estimated 10% of chefs that leave...

    • Candidate experience
    • Employee engagement
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    Half of job candidates sold an ‘unrealistic dream’

    by Rob Moss 27 Mar 2019
    by Rob Moss 27 Mar 2019

    Research from pre-hire assessment start-up ThriveMap has shown that 48% of employees have left a role because it wasn’t what...

    • Employee engagement
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Unleash 2019: How purpose creates a sense of belonging

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2019

    Giving employees a compelling purpose is nothing new, but it might help create a sense of belonging in a world...

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