CAUSES OF LABOUR TURNOVER
Reduced quality of work because of discontinuance of business, changed Industrial process, seasonal fluctuations in relation to volume of business and Industrial depression etc. were some of the reasons for occurrence of labour turnover. The nature of work, low wages, poor working conditions, less opportunities for advancement & so on also create the problems of labour turnover. Bad relations of workers with the management also cause labour turnover. When the management is not satisfied with the performance of the employee, it takes disciplinary actions against them.
Some times workers involve the activities of union. In many situations these union base activities of the workers create conflict with the management. Due to that reason labour turnover occur. Labour turnover may be occur due to the poor health of the employee, accidents, death, superannuation etc. which are the personal problems of employees.
Some employees have always focus on getting attractive job in any other Industry due to their unsatisfied condition in the current Industrial environment. These will lead to the labour turnover in that particular Industry. The bad requirement applied by the management may leads to the occurrence of labour turnover.
MEASURES TO CONTROL LABOUR TURNOVER Analysis of the employee’s records & identification of dissatisfied categories of employees by the manager is necessary to reduce labour turnover. Identification of the factors or sources influencing turnover & exit interviews also help the management to reduce the labour turnover. Separation of controllable factors from uncontrollable will be logical to solve reduction of labour dues.
t Provision of factory policies, procedures & practices is necessary for reducing labour turnover. Having identified & analyzed the factors, the unit should chalk out an action plan to remove influencing factors. This will reduce labour turnover.
IMPACTS OF LABOUR TURNOVER
It causes instability in the working environment of an organization. It causes instability in the working environment of an organization. It can affect both the quality as well as the quantity of production. As workers are deprived of the facilities, it reduces their organizational solidarity & so they move from one industry to another. The experienced workers replaced by the unskilled workers.
Natural labour turnover due to the death, retirement etc. are unavoidable.