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By: FEDweek StaffFigures newly released by OPM show that each form of turnover among federal employees in the first two quarters of fiscal 2020—last October through March of this year—was well below that of recent prior years on an annualized basis.
For example, just under 24,000 employees quit during those six months, compared to more than 83,000 over the entirety of fiscal 2019, a reduction of nearly half; in the prior four years, quits had ranged from about 73,000 to about 81,000.
Retirements similarly were just under 27,000 during the six-month period—which includes the annual spike around the turn of the year—compared to above 66,000 for fiscal 2019 and a range of about 62,000-67,000 the prior four years.
For terminations and removals for discipline or performance reasons, the six-month figure was just above 4,000, compared with above 12,000 in 2019 and a range of about 10,000 to 12,000 in the prior years.
Terminations by reduction in force for the first half of fiscal 2020 were just 52, compared with 177 in the prior year and a range of 136-411 the previous four years.
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