Transfers Internal -SOSR. The number of permanent lateral movements of ongoing Lateral movements / Total Useful for examining the availability of skills transfer rate -CLC Metrics employees as a percentage of total movements of movements*100 development opportunities for employees ongoing employees. through lateral moves across the (‘Lateral pp. organisation. mobility’, 58 59). – External -SOSR. The number of permanent external movements of External movements (In/out) / Useful for tracking the level of mobility in to transfer rate ongoing employees (in to/out of the organisation) as a Total movements*100 and out of the organisation. (in to and out percentage of the total movements of ongoing of the employees. organisation) Exits Agency exit -SOSR. The number of ongoing employees who left the Exits (Ongoing) / Average Useful for monitoring likely impact on rate -Statistical organisation during the period (voluntarily and headcount (Ongoing)*100 departure, vacancy and replacement costs, Bulletin. as a percentage of the average headcount including loss of corporate knowledge, skills -CLC Metrics (ongoing) for the period. and experience, and potential impact on workforce morale and workload. (‘Termination Includes: pp. 120 rate’, – -Age retirements (s.30 of the PS Act) Can also be indicative of organisational 121). -Retrenchments (s. 29(3)(a)) insularity, and ineffective performance -Invalidity retirements (s.29(3)(d)) management processes. -Other terminations of employment (ss 29(3)(b),(c),(e),(f),(g) and (h)) -Compulsory moves to a non-APS agency (s.72(1)(b)) -Resignations, and -Deaths -Promotions and permanent transfers to other organisations
Transfers Internal transfer rate -SOSR. -CLC Metrics (‘Lateral mobility’, pp. 58 – 59). The number of permanent lateral movements of ongoing employees as a percentage of total movements of ongoing employees. Lateral movements / Total movements*100 Useful for examining the availability of skills development opportunities for employees through lateral moves across the organisation. External transfer rate (in to and out of the organisation) -SOSR. The number of permanent external movements of ongoing employees (in to/out of the organisation) as a percentage of the total movements of ongoing employees. External movements (In/out) / Total movements*100 Useful for tracking the level of mobility in to and out of the organisation. Exits Agency exit rate -SOSR. -Statistical Bulletin. -CLC Metrics (‘Termination rate’, pp. 120 – 121). The number of ongoing employees who left the organisation during the period (voluntarily and as a percentage of the average headcount (ongoing) for the period. Includes: -Age retirements (s.30 of the PS Act) -Retrenchments (s. 29(3)(a)) -Invalidity retirements (s.29(3)(d)) -Other terminations of employment (ss 29(3)(b),(c),(e),(f),(g) and (h)) -Compulsory moves to a non-APS agency (s.72(1)(b)) -Resignations, and -Deaths -Promotions and permanent transfers to other organisations Exits (Ongoing) / Average headcount (Ongoing)*100 Useful for monitoring likely impact on departure, vacancy and replacement costs, including loss of corporate knowledge, skills and experience, and potential impact on workforce morale and workload. Can also be indicative of organisational insularity, and ineffective performance management processes.
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