More than one-third of full-time and part-time U.S. workers aren’t committed to their organization and are likely to leave their jobs within two years, a new study shows.

Nearly 36 percent of 3,000 workers surveyed at organizations with at least 50 workers are considered “high-risk” employees, according to the Walker Loyalty Report for the Workplace, as reported by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

The report identified four types of workers — truly loyal, accessible, trapped and high-risk, and found that high-risk employees are at an all-time high, while truly loyal workers remained about the same as in 2005, at 34 percent.

Chris Woolard, senior consultant for Walker Information, told SHRM that employers should be concerned with the results, noting that loyalty affects employee behavior and workplace results.

“Employers are faced with a situation where the number of employees causing a negative drain on the organization outweighs those who are working to positively support it,” Woolard says.

Woolard points out that there are a number of factors that can combat this problem: provide training and advancement opportunities, treat employees fairly and include them in on bigger-picture, strategic discussions.

Need tips on motivating employees? Check out “Light Employees’ Fires” and “Won’t You Stay?” previously published in Floral Management.

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