Quits Levels and Rates are part of the BLS' monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover report. Quits are the number of quits during the entire month. The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment. The quits rates are at the highest level in the history of the series. People are Just Quitting The WSJ article Forget Going Back to the Office—People Are Just Quitting Instead caught my eye. In April, the share of U.S. workers leaving jobs was 2.7%, according to the Labor Department, a jump from 1.6% a year earlier to the highest level since at least 2000. The shift by ... (full story)