voluntary

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Since introducing the policy, staff turnover had fallen by 41%, from 83 "voluntary leavers" in 2022 to 49 in 2024, the council said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

One circulating clip shows Erin Collins, the IRS’s top ombudsman, talking about voluntary compliance in a congressional hearing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

TikTok videos suggest paying taxes is voluntary — but that’s a myth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But the new study’s “premise that the majority of disappearances are voluntary absences minimizes the responsibility of the state,” concluded the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Although membership was voluntary, not every child could join the Hitler Youth.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti