HUMAN RESOURCES-3.6

• What is redeployment?


  Involves moving employees to different jobs, departments or locations within the same business.
• What does redeployment do?

  • Maintains job security fro employees
  • Business retains skills and experience
  • Labour resources are allocated more efficiently
  • Reduced costs of recruitment and selection.
• What is labour turnover?


  Measures the percentage of the workforce that leave a business within a given period.
• How do you calculate labour turnover?

  Number of employees leaving during period X100

  Average number of employees during period
• What factors can influence labour turnover?

  • Pay and other rewards
  • Working conditions
  • Opportunities for promotion
  • Competitor actions
  • Standard of recruitment
  • Quality of communication in business
  • Economic conditions
  • Type of business
  • Labour mobility
  • Employee loyalty.
• What can be done to improve or minimise labour turnover?

  • Effective recruitment and training
  • Provide competitive pay and other incentives
  • Job enrichment and empowerment
  • Reward staff loyalty.