People Count Third Sector Report

The voluntary sector is experiencing a post-recession high of 22 percent for employee turnover levels, according to a People Count Third Sector Report published by Agenda Consulting.

The survey involving 71 UK third sector organisations, found that staff departures were are up from 18 percent at the height of the recession in 2011.

On average, the sector took 35 days to fill a vacancy compared to the private sector which took an average of 40 days, and staff took 8.4 sick days, compared to 7.7 in the private sector, costing organisations an average of £622 per employee.

Also volunteers now make up a quarter of the workforce in most charities but almost two thirds of the workforce in organisations with over 1,000 employees.  

The survey was based on responses from 71 organisations, with a total of 62,000 employees and 107,000 volunteers.

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