LMC Workforce Planning Toolkit

Download the Toolkit:
--Download the entire toolkit (pdf)
--Section 1: City Employees and Workforce Planning -- Getting Started (pdf)
--Section 2: Problem Identification and Reinvention/Retooling (pdf)
--Section 3: Employee Recruitment and Retention (pdf)
--Section 4: Knowledge Transfer (pdf)
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Addressing workforce shortages and
large-scale retirements
If your city has a high number of employees nearing retirement, you’re not alone. According to data from the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA), almost 37 percent of city employees are over age 50 (excluding police and firefighters). In fact, almost half of the cities in Minnesota have at least 25 percent of their employees over age 50. In 150 cities, at least half of the employees are over age 50. In some cities, the number of employees nearing retirement is small but still represents a substantial or key part of the city’s workforce.

Given that the projected workforce shortage is just around the corner, cities should begin working on the problems associated with workforce shortages and large-scale retirements now. Because of the shortage, there will be greater competition for skilled workers. Cities need to start taking immediate steps to review and possibly change employment practices in order to be seen as “preferred employers.”

The LMC Workforce Planning Toolkit contains information on five major steps each city should begin working on now in order to be prepared in the next few years for the upcoming labor shortage:

• Problem identification
• Reinvention/Retooling
• Employee recruitment efforts
• Employee retention strategies
• Knowledge transfer

Questions?
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact:

• LMC HR Director Laura Kushner.
  Phone: (651) 281-1203 or (800) 925-1122.
  E-mail: lkushner@lmc.org.