1 675 new employees joined Clariant in 2016, 1 094 males and 581 females. From the employees hired, 53% were younger than 30 years of age, 43% were between 30 and 50 years of age, and 4% were over 50 years of age. The number of employees who left the company on their own accord in 2016 has slightly increased. Altogether 1 898 employees left Clariant, about 7% were laid off due to organizational or operational reasons or left because of retirement, expiration of temporary contracts and other reasons. The remaining number, about 3.5% of the employees, were voluntary terminations. From those who left, 1 269 males and 629 females, 32% were younger than 30 years of age, 46% were between 30 and 50 years of age, 22% were over 50 years of age.