Employees retained twelve months after parental-leave return
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Employees still employed twelve months after returning from parental leave, retained with the earlier return cohort and any source-reported retention percentage.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Employees retained after 12 months (headcount and retention percentage)
- Reporting basis
- Return cohort with twelve-month follow-up
- Aggregation
- Do not sum or arithmetically average reported percentages, rates, ratios, or averages; consolidate only from compatible component observations under a disclosed method.
- Pillar
- Social
- Topic
- Leave, complaints and workforce rights
- Controlled domain
- Workforce
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Only fully observed twelve-month cohort members enter the reported source rate. Counts can be summed across mutually exclusive cohorts after employee deduplication. Rates are not summed, averaged or compared with a same-period return rate as if the cohorts were identical.
Cross-library identity
Library mappings and variants
These links compare quantity, population, boundary, period, unit, denominator, aggregation, dimensions, and method edition. Partial relationships are navigation aids only and never authorize observation reuse.
- Aggregate relationshipPartial relationship; observations remain separate.Retention rate of employees that took parental leave — GRI 401-3, paragraph e
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureGRI 401-3
GRI Standards
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- Files published 19 June 2025; entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Component Of
- Mapping outcome
- Cross Library Link
- Source locator
- GRI 401-3, paragraph e; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
GRI Standards
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2016 edition
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 401-3 and rate guidance p10; parental-leave glossary p12
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Employees retained after 12 months (headcount and retention percentage)
- Reporting basis
- Return cohort with twelve-month follow-up
Unit meaning: The count covers fully observed employees still employed twelve months after return; any percentage uses the compatible earlier return cohort.
Table fields and units
- GRI 401 edition
- Employee population
- Parental-leave definition
- Paid or unpaid status where reported
- Source-reported gender category
- Reported value
- Employees retained after 12 months (headcount and retention percentage)
- Measurement-source edition
- Assurance status
Published dimensions
- GRI 401 edition.
- Employee population.
- Parental-leave definition.
- Paid or unpaid status where reported.
- Source-reported gender category.
- Jurisdiction or location.
- Return cohort.
- Twelve-month eligibility date.
- Still-employed test.
- Right-censored or incomplete-follow-up status.
- Numerator and denominator counts or undisclosed status.
- Privacy status.
- Source and assurance status.
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
P = (N ÷ D) × 100Use the source-defined numerator and denominator for the same population, period, boundary, and method; do not infer an unstated denominator.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
N | qualifying numerator | Qualifying observations within the qualifying population and boundary defined for Employees retained twelve months after parental-leave return. | Dimensionless |
D | declared denominator | Complete compatible denominator for the qualifying population and boundary defined for Employees retained twelve months after parental-leave return. | Dimensionless |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
GRI 401: Employment 2016
- Publisher
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Edition
- 2016 edition
- Locator
- effective date and rights PDF pp1-2; Disclosure 401-3 and rate guidance p10; parental-leave glossary p12
Supports: Supports the measurement definition, boundary, and source-reported fields for Employees retained twelve months after parental-leave return.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: GRI 401: Employment 2016 — 2016 edition. Retain the exact source edition on every observation; later editions require a separate method profile.
- GRI 401 edition.
- Employee population.
- Parental-leave definition.
- Paid or unpaid status where reported.
- Source-reported gender category.
- Jurisdiction or location.
- Return cohort.
- Twelve-month eligibility date.
- Retain the exact measurement-source edition with every observation.
- The count covers fully observed employees still employed twelve months after return; any percentage uses the compatible earlier return cohort.
Record-specific limitations
- This is a lagging metric with delayed availability. Acquisitions, divestitures, leave extensions, rehires, contract changes and incomplete follow-up can affect cohort eligibility. It does not explain why employees left or the quality of their return.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.