Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
[mainly British, business]
The company hopes the job cuts will be made through natural wastage and voluntaryredundancy.
regional note: in AM, usually use attrition
natural wastage in British English
noun
another term for attrition (sense 3)
Examples of 'natural wastage' in a sentence
natural wastage
With enough notice, organisations can cut job numbers through natural wastage rather than by making people redundant.