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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.

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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?

Options

  • A56
  • BSignificantly lower than average
  • C22
  • DModerately low

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    72% (26)
  • D
    14% (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.

A56

56 is the raw count of terminated employees and does not account for total workforce size, so it cannot represent a turnover rate.

BSignificantly lower than average

'Significantly lower than average' is a qualitative interpretation that cannot be derived directly from applying the turnover rate formula.

C22Correct

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.

DModerately low

'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

Topics

#turnover rate calculation#HR metrics#workforce analytics#employee retention

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