{
  "version": "1.15.0",
  "releasedAt": "2026-07-17",
  "kpi": {
    "rogueId": "hr.in_jurisdiction_jobs_retained",
    "slug": "in_jurisdiction_jobs_retained",
    "domain": "hr",
    "defaultLabel": "In-jurisdiction jobs retained",
    "description": "Number of jobs inside a public funder's jurisdiction that were RETAINED across the reporting period — a FLOW, not a stock, and the second half of the created/retained pair SSBCI 2.0 and most US state incentive programmes require. CONVENTION (pinned deliberately — retention has genuinely contested definitions, and two boards reporting incomparable numbers into one portfolio total is the failure this pin exists to prevent): an in-jurisdiction position that was FILLED AT THE START of the reporting period AND is STILL FILLED BY THE SAME EMPLOYEE, in-jurisdiction, AT THE END. Three consequences follow, and they are the convention: (1) BACKFILLS DO NOT COUNT — same seat, new person is not a retained job (that person is `hr.in_jurisdiction_jobs_created` if their first day fell in the period); (2) it is ENDPOINT CONTINUITY, not continuous employment on every day of the period, because endpoints are what payroll records can actually evidence; (3) retained and `hr.in_jurisdiction_jobs_created` are DISJOINT — a job is one or the other in a period, never both, so the two are safe to add. The invariant this yields, which validates the pair against the stock series: retained employees are a subset of the in-jurisdiction workforce at BOTH endpoints, so `retained <= min(hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount[t-1], hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount[t])`. Same FTE-equivalent, employees-only, primary-work-location test as `hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount`; contractors excluded. REPORTED BY THE COMPANY (`production: \"primary\"`) — retention has no stock analogue and cannot be computed from headcount snapshots at all: it is a statement about continuity of specific roles across a period, not a count at an instant.",
    "fieldType": "number",
    "unit": null,
    "maturity": "general",
    "suggestedForStages": [
      "preSeed",
      "seed",
      "seriesA",
      "seriesB",
      "seriesC",
      "public"
    ],
    "defaultOwningFunctions": [
      "HR"
    ],
    "stageRelevance": {
      "preSeed": "core",
      "seed": "core",
      "seriesA": "core",
      "seriesB": "core",
      "seriesC": "core",
      "public": "core"
    },
    "definitionSource": {
      "tier": "editorial",
      "sourceName": "imboard Editorial",
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "sectionRef": null,
      "publicationDate": "2026-04-01",
      "attributionNotice": null,
      "authorityLevel": "imboard-editorial"
    },
    "formula": "Count of in-jurisdiction positions filled at the start of the reporting period and still filled by the same employee, in-jurisdiction, at period end. Excludes backfills and excludes jobs created during the period. Has NO expression in terms of `hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount` — a stock snapshot carries no identity of who held which role, which is exactly what retention is about. Bounded by the stock at both ends: `retained <= min(hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount[t-1], hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount[t])`.",
    "whyItMatters": "Public programmes fund retention as well as creation — an investment that keeps 40 existing in-jurisdiction jobs alive through a downturn delivers on the mandate even with zero jobs created, and \"jobs retained\" is the line item that says so. Without it, a portfolio reporting only creation looks like it did nothing in exactly the years the funding mattered most.",
    "interpretationGuidance": "Read against `hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount[t-1]`: retention as a share of the opening in-jurisdiction base is the churn signal, and a low share with a healthy closing stock means the base was rebuilt with new people rather than held — a different story for a funder than the closing number alone suggests. Confirm the reporting board is on this field's convention before adding it into a portfolio total: a board counting backfills as retained, or counting continuous-employment-throughout, produces a number that is not comparable with this one.",
    "relatedKpiIds": [
      "hr.in_jurisdiction_headcount",
      "hr.in_jurisdiction_jobs_created",
      "hr.voluntary_exits",
      "hr.total_headcount"
    ],
    "metricBasis": {
      "timeBasis": "period_flow",
      "production": "primary"
    }
  }
}