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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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    Employing young people: an ABC guide to recruitment and development – webinar

    by Personnel Today 18 Mar 2013
    by Personnel Today 18 Mar 2013

    This Personnel Today webinar, in association with Learndirect, originally shown online on 25 March 2013, examines the various ways in...

    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Talent management

    Lack of creativity in development ‘harms retention’

    by John Eccleston 6 Dec 2012
    by John Eccleston 6 Dec 2012

    Almost half of senior managers lack confidence in their ability to retain critical employees, despite significant investment in development programmes.This...

    • Employment law
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Garden leave

    Legal opinion: Taking a proactive stance on competitor poaching

    by John Buchanan 19 Sep 2011
    by John Buchanan 19 Sep 2011

    As the economy recovers, competition for skilled employees increases. In order to grow the business, many companies aim to recruit...

    • Absence
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    • Employee engagement

    Five key questions to ask before implementing a healthcare cash plan

    by Helen Gilbert 26 Jul 2011
    by Helen Gilbert 26 Jul 2011

    Although they are often seen as a good benefit, cash plans are not right for every business. Before you implement...

    • Personnel Today
    • Recruitment & retention
    • The HR profession

    Personnel Today Awards 2010: Building an HR team from scratch at Paul UK

    by Laura Chamberlain 11 Feb 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 11 Feb 2011

    When Esther O’Halloran, HR director of Paul UK, came to the company three years ago the CEO questioned whether or not they...

    • Employee relations
    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Large employers facing leadership ‘merry-go-round’

    by Daniel Thomas 12 Nov 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 12 Nov 2010

    The UK’s largest companies are facing the risk of a leadership “merry-go-round” as the economy recovers, according to new research.In...

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    Austerity measures damaging patient care, warn NHS workers

    by Daniel Thomas 9 Nov 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 9 Nov 2010

    Staff shortages, recruitment freezes and redundancies are damaging the quality of patient care in hospitals, NHS workers have warned.In a...

    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence management
    • Pay & benefits

    Future challenges in workplace health

    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2010
    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2010

    Organisations must be proactive in educating an ageing workforce about health, for the sake of the employees and the economy,...

    • Local authorities
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    Councils struggling to retain social workers, warns LGA

    by Daniel Thomas 1 Nov 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 1 Nov 2010

    Local authorities in England and Wales are struggling to retain children’s social workers, a survey of council HR chiefs has...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Public sector workers fear their skills won’t transfer to private companies

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2010

    More than half (56%) of employees in the public sector who would consider moving into the private sector fear they lack...

    • Professional services
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Failure to retain talent costs UK firms £42 billion, says PwC

    by Daniel Thomas 6 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 6 Oct 2010

    Employers have been urged to do more to hold on to their best performing staff after research estimated that the...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    Survey shows finance professionals in short supply

    by Personnel Today 29 Sep 2010
    by Personnel Today 29 Sep 2010

    Talent shortages continue for UK employers of finance professionals, according to the latest annual global financial employment monitor by recruiter...

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    Company car schemes are key to recruitment and retention, says survey

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2010

    Companies are recognising that company car schemes are increasingly worthwhile investments, with 27% more fleet managers currently seeing company cars as a recruitment...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Labour turnover
    • Global HR

    Nearly half of UK workforce plan to change jobs this year

    by Daniel Thomas 13 Sep 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 13 Sep 2010

    Employers have been urged to review their staff retention programmes to ensure that their best employees don’t jump ship as...

    • Employee engagement
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Employers urged to tackle staff morale or risk loss of productivity

    by Helen Gilbert 6 Aug 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 6 Aug 2010

    Employers risk a loss of productivity and falling retention levels if they don’t do more to manage morale in the...

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