Source: IRS Employment Review Issue: 887 Date: 14/12/2007 Publisher: IRS

Survey: Managing employee departures, 2007

TOPICS:
recruitment labour market and economy
contracts of employment terms of employment
termination of employment dismissal
payments on termination
retirement

SECTORS:
chemicals
construction
engineering and metals
finance
food, drink and tobacco
hotels and catering
manufacturing (other)
public services
services (other)
transport and communication

AUTHOR: Mark Crail


An IRS survey on end-of-employment issues looks in detail at the operation of employer policies on notice periods, the use of confidentiality and non-competition clauses in contracts of employment, and at the operation of compromise agreements.

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About our research
Number of departures
Chart 1: Reasons given for employee departures
Notice periods: the law
Calculating notice periods
Chart 2: Reasons given for differences in notice periods
Cutting notice periods short
Changes to policy on notice periods
Confidentiality and non-competition clauses
Compromise agreements
Chart 3: Circumstances under which a compromise agreement is used
Chart 4: Issues covered by compromise agreement
Additional resources on XpertHR
Table 1: Changes made to notice period policies at 21 organisations

Key points

  • The data supplied by the IRS panel cover more than 10,000 employee departures during the previous 12 months.
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