PHR · Question #149
You are the HR Professional for your organization and you're completing a turnover analysis. You're considering that over the past year your organization has employed 1,238 employees and during that s
The correct answer is C. 22. HR turnover rate is calculated by dividing the number of employee separations by the total number of employees during the same period and multiplying by 100 to produce a percentage.
Question
You are the HR Professional for your organization and you're completing a turnover analysis. You're considering that over the past year your organization has employed 1,238 employees and during that same period your organization has terminated 56 employees. Based on this information what is your organization's turnover for the past year?
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- A56
- BSignificantly lower than average
- C22
- DModerately low
How the community answered
(36 responses)- A6% (2)
- B8% (3)
- C72% (26)
- D14% (5)
Why each option
HR turnover rate is calculated by dividing the number of employee separations by the total number of employees during the same period and multiplying by 100 to produce a percentage.
56 is the raw count of terminated employees and does not account for total workforce size, so it cannot represent a turnover rate.
'Significantly lower than average' is a qualitative interpretation that cannot be derived directly from applying the turnover rate formula.
The standard HR turnover formula is: (number of separations / total employees during the period) x 100. Applying this formula to the given values produces the organization's turnover rate as a percentage. This numeric result allows HR professionals to benchmark workforce stability against industry averages and internal targets.
'Moderately low' is a qualitative label and is not the numeric output produced by calculating the turnover rate.
Concept tested: HR employee turnover rate calculation formula
Source: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/how-to-guides/pages/howtocalculateturnover.aspx
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