What are the types of attrition?

Answer 1

Involuntary

Turnover or Attrition can be involuntary. Involuntary turnover typically refers to an employment decision to terminate the employee. Reasons for involuntary turnover include poor performance, excessive absenteeism or violation of a workplace policy that is considered a terminable offense. Attrition due to layoff, reduction in force or job elimination is typically involuntary because the employment relationship ends based on the employer's circumstances, not the employee's decision to leave. Pennsylvania State University professor education Erling Boe and colleagues differentiate between turnover and attrition in their article "Teacher Turnover: Examining Exit Attrition, Teaching Area Transfer, and School Migration." They indicate that, when a teacher decides to leave the teaching profession, it is called attrition, which they consider to be a component of turnover.

Voluntary

Voluntary termination occurs when an employee resigns to pursue another career opportunity, relocate with a spouse or simply leave the workforce for personal reasons, such as raising a family. In this case, the employer starts the recruitment and selection process to find a suitable candidate to fill the vacant position. Retirement is a form of voluntary turnover; however, if the employer decides against filling the position left vacant, it is considered attrition. Nevertheless, in the case of retirement, the reason the job is vacant is the employee's decision to retire -- classifying it as a voluntary action.