Increase Retention
Employing more people with disabilities increases retention (decreases turnover). Not all companies are plagued by turnover woes, however, almost all companies can benefit financially and otherwise from increasing retention rates.
Turnover is a Well Documented Expense
Direct and indirect costs include staff time, advertising, fee-based services (drug and credit screens, recruiters), lost investment in training, a larger burden on remaining employees who must shoulder the load and it is a morale buster. Employees must devote time to sifting through resumes, interviews, new-hire orientation, training and rebuilding the teams. To replace an hourly worker (annual earning less than $30,000), experts estimate that a company must spend, on average, 16% of the salary. For your worker earning $12/hour, that cost is around $4,000, per new hire. For employees earning higher hourly wages, or annual salaries, the average estimate is 50% of their annual salary.
Hiring People with Disabilities Increases Retention
Hiring people with disabilities is impressive because it not only reduces their turnover, but it also influences turnover in the remaining workforce. People who work at a company that openly and actively hires people with disabilities have higher engagement scores and show higher loyalty, which influences their retention. Not all companies reveal detailed data related to turnover and the impact of hiring people with disabilities.
Data Shows It
But research shows that some companies are documenting significant differences after employing people with disabilities and some companies actually have quantified the changes.
Disability Inclusion Improves Turnover
Employees with DisabilitiesEmployees without DisabilitiesDifference QuantifiedDifference Quantified as BetterChicago Marriott32%50%18% DuPont XPepsi XPizza Hut20%150%130% UPS83%69%14% Walgreens 48% Washington Mutual Insurance8%45%37%
