"natural wastage" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1962 October, “Talking of Trains: B.R. works staff cut by a third”, in Modern Railways, page 221:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Decrease of workforce caused by non-replacement of retiring or voluntarily resigning employees and not by deliberate layoffs."
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        "(British, business) Decrease of workforce caused by non-replacement of retiring or voluntarily resigning employees and not by deliberate layoffs."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "natural workforce attrition",
          "word": "luonnollinen poistuma"
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