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The average cost of employee turnover is climbing, and two operators of Detroit-area Taco Bell restaurants agreed to settle claims that a coach sexually harassed female employees.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
25%
The percentage of workers who said they witnessed retaliation for speaking up about misconduct at work, per a TalentLMS survey.
38%
The share of workers who reported harassment at work who said they were unsatisfied with how their employer handled it, according to Traliant’s latest annual workplace harassment report.
$45,236
The average cost of turnover, up from $36,723 last year, according to an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey.
More than $5 million
The amount that a Utah jury awarded a former HR benefits generalist in a lawsuit alleging that her employer, Bristol Hospice, retaliated against her by firing her after she complained about her supervisor’s behavior.
$100,000
The amount that two operators of Detroit-area Taco Bell restaurants agreed to pay to settle claims that a coach sexually harassed female employees, some of whom were minors, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
