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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.


    • Civil Service
    • Police
    • Employee engagement

    National Crime Agency ‘on its knees’ due to pay stagnation

    by Rob Moss 9 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 9 Sep 2024

    National Crime Agency suffering from poor retention and low morale caused by pay stagnation, according to report published today.

    • Sickness absence
    • Retail
    • Retention of staff

    Half of retail workers could quit this winter

    by Jo Faragher 30 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 30 Jul 2024

    Half of retail employees in the UK are at risk of leaving their jobs this winter, according to research from the Retail Trust and consulting firm AlixPartners.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Employee engagement

    Insurance firms shunning hybrid face more hiring challenges

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Jul 2024

    Insurance firms not offering hybrid working see lower quality hires, reduced job acceptances and poorer staff wellbeing, a report has found.

    • Latest News
    • Four-day week
    • Wellbeing

    Second four-day week pilot to begin in UK this autumn

    by Rob Moss 10 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 10 Jul 2024

    Second trial of a four-day week is scheduled to launch this autumn as campaigners urge employers to sign up.

    • USA
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    • Executive pay

    Increase UK executive pay to prevent ‘exodus’ to the US

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jul 2024

    Companies could face an exodus ofexecutives if they do not increase top-level pay, one of the UK's biggest asset management firms has said.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Automation
    • Change management

    Employees feel ‘too much’ change happening at once

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Jun 2024

    More than half of employees feel there is too much change at work, PwC's 2024 hopes and fears survey has found.

    • Education
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    • Education - school

    Labour’s teacher recruitment plans ‘most credible’, says education body

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jun 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jun 2024

    An education research body has concluded that Labour’s plans for recruitment in education offer more likelihood of tackling the growing...

    • China
    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement

    Hybrid working as productive as full-time office attendance

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2024

    A Stanford University study finds that hybrid working is just as productive as full-time office attendance.

    • Latest News
    • Employer branding
    • Retention of staff

    Struggling to retain and attract your deskless workforce? The key could be in your EVP

    by WorkBuzz 4 Jun 2024
    by WorkBuzz 4 Jun 2024

    In today’s dynamic business landscape, organizations face numerous challenges, many of which lie beyond their control. From global trade disruptions...

    • Career development
    • Education
    • Latest News

    MPs set out recommendations to address teacher supply crisis

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2024

    MPs on the Education Committee have set out their recommendations for teacher recruitment and retention in England.

    • Offices
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Half of employees would move jobs for four-day week

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024

    Fifty-one per cent of employees would be tempted to take a job at a different organisation if it offered a four-day working week.

    • Education
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Closing teachers’ pay gap will improve recruitment, study finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024

    Closing the gap between teachers' pay and average earnings is likely to improve teacher recruitment and retention, finds NFER.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Employers plan to maintain staff levels rather than recruit

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2024

    The CIPD’s spring 2024 labour market outlook suggests maintaining headcount at the current level is preferred by most employers.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    More flexible working in NHS would aid retention, says union

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Apr 2024

    A union has urged the NHS to allow more health staff to work flexibly, after finding more than one in...

    • Carers
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Carer’s leave: Women face ‘daughterhood penalty’

    by Rob Moss 9 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 9 Apr 2024

    Women face ‘daughterhoodpenalty’ as a survey suggests two-thirds of people believe women should care for elderly parents and relatives.

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