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Christmas Bonus | What can HR do to prevent staff exits this year?

What can HR do to prevent staff exits this year?

Every year, workers try to stick to the motto: new year, new me. They use this maxim to empower themselves to take on all of the things that they wanted to achieve but didn't get the chance to last year.

Whether that be to look for a new job to increase their sense of career fulfilment, a pledge to do more outside of work activities with colleagues, or try their hand at bagging that overdue promotion, colleagues all around us will be make resolutions left, right and centre.

And, with new Gartner research indicating that the number of UK workers looking to switch jobs has spiked by 13% in a year, employers should be doing everything that they can to retain top talent to avoid drastic turnover at the beginning of the year.

According to One4allRewards.co.uk, HR bosses who gift their employees’ bonuses over the festive period are far less susceptible to losing staff in the new year.

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