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An Annual Report on
Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2012
SAO Report No. 13-704
> Texas unemployment rates decreased. The Exit Survey Results
statewide unemployment rate decreased from According to exit surveys completed during
8.1 percent in fiscal year 2011 to 7.3 percent fiscal year 2012, the top three reasons reported
in fiscal year 2012. for leaving state employment were:
m Retirement.
> Retirements continued to be a significant * Better pay/benefits.
portion of separations. During the past five - Poor working conditions/environment.
fiscal years, retirements increased by 29.6
percent. While not increasing substantially between fiscal years 2011 and 2012,
retirements still accounted for 17.0 percent of total separations in fiscal years
2011 and 2012.
Involuntary separations accounted for 25.2 percent of the State's total separations
in fiscal year 2012. There was a decrease of 15.5 percent in the number of
involuntary separations since fiscal year 2011. That decrease was mainly due to
fewer reductions in force, which decreased by 92.2 percent from 1,225 separations
in fiscal year 2011 to 96 separations in fiscal year 2012.
Table 1 provides a comparison of state separations for fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
Table 1
Voluntary Separation from Agency 13,909 14,981 7.7%
Retirement 4,411 4,416 0.1%
Statewide Voluntary Separations 18,320 19,397 5.9% b
Dismissal for Cause 3,681 3,747 1.8%
Resignation in Lieu of Involuntary Separation 2,287 2,188 -4.3%
Reduction in Force 1,225 96 -92.2%
Death 255 198 -22.4%
Termination at Will 260 288 10.8%
Statewide Involuntary Separations 7,708 6,517 -15.5% b
a The voluntary separations and total statewide separations for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 exclude interagency
transfers because those are not considered a loss to the State.
b Statewide voluntary and involuntary separations are not the sums of the percentages. They are the percent
change in separations between fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
c The average headcount is calculated by totaling the number of classified employees (defined as employees who
worked at any time during a quarter) for each quarter of fiscal year 2012 and then dividing this total by four.
Sources: Uniform Statewide Payroll/Personnel System, Human Resources Information System, and Standardized
Payroll/Personnel Reporting System.ii
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Texas. Office of the State Auditor. An Annual Report on Classified Employee Turnover for Fiscal Year 2012, report, December 2012; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth517318/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.