BA 5202 Human Resource Management Employee separations

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BA 5202Human Resource ManagementEmployee
separations

• Instructor Çagri Topal

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Employee separation and turnover

• Separation the end of organizational membership
• Turnover the rate of employee separations

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Costs

• Recruitment costs
• Selection costs
• Training costs
• Separation costs

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Benefits

• Reduced labor costs
• Replacement of poor performers
• Increased innovation
• Greater diversity

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Types

• Voluntary
• Quit any time for any reason
• Retirement end of career with age
• Involuntary
• Discharge poor performance and cultural fit
• Layoff strategic or environmental change

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Managing early retirements

• Restrict eligibility
• Modify retirement policies
• Develop provisions to hire back
• Treat senior and younger employees equally

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Alternatives to layoffs

• Changing employment policies
• Changing job design
• Changing pay and benefits policies
• Training

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Implementing layoffs

• Notifying employees
• Developing layoff criteria
• Communicating to laid-off employees
• Coordinating media relations
• Reassuring survivors of the layoff

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Outplacement

• Helping separated employees deal with the job
  loss and find a new job
• Emotional support
• Job-search assistance