You are the new Director of Human Resources for a long$-$term care facility in southern Indiana. You house approximately $100$ residents, spread over assisted living and memory care wings. Your facility is independently run, not part of a large chain, and has an excellent reputation within the community. Lately, however, the facility has had a hard time retaining employees. This is a new trend; your facility has always paid at the top$-$end of the pay scale for all positions, which has been enough to retain employees in the past. Now, with so many people leaving, your organization is hurting financially, your residents are complaining about slow response times and so many $$new faces$($which is especially difficult for those elderly patients who rely on staff for companionship$),$ and you feel like all you do is interview prospective employees and onboard new ones. You decide to investigate the cause of the turnover.irst, you want to make sure that it$$s a real problem and not just your perception as someone who is relatively new to the facility. At full staff, your organization employs $90$ people. The chart below details how many employees you$$ve lost each month over the last $6$ months.

Month # of Separations

January $6$

February $9$

March $9$

April $12$

May $10$

June $18$

July $12$

August $18$

September $21$

October $17$

November $32$

December $21$

calculate the average monthly turnover rate at your facility.