natural wastage
Definitions
Decrease of workforce caused by non-replacement of retiring or voluntarily resigning employees and not by deliberate layoffs.
Equivalents
Nederlandsnatuurlijk verloop
Examples
“Of the total labour force⟳ now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number⟳ eventually thrown out of railway work⟳ will be well below 19,000.”
“From just over 476,500 employees in 1962, by 1973 the total was just over 250,000. Much of this was achieved via 'natural wastage' - controlling recruitment closely and not replacing staff as they retired.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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