Redundancies account for two-thirds of all leavers
Resigning employees are most commonly expected to give one month's notice, but for redundancies, notice periods are more likely to be based on the statutory minimum, finds XpertHR research.
- Managing employee departures survey 2010: notice periods Compared with XpertHR research carried out in 2007, the number of employees resigning and retiring has decreased, while the number of redundancies and terminated fixed-term contracts has increased.
- Full data from the Managing employee departures survey 2010: notice periods is available from XpertHR Benchmarking.
Also
Survey: Managing employee departures, 2007 This survey covers policies relating to notice periods, compromise agreements, and confidentiality and non-competition clauses in contracts of employment.
Labour turnover rates and costs: IRS survey 2010 Our research shows that employers experienced a voluntary resignation rate of 8.6% in 2009 - but this survey finds considerable variation in staff turnover rates according to region, sector and occupation.
XpertHR employment law manual chapter on contractual rights on termination This explains the law on notice periods, including details on the statutory minimum periods that apply.