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Hourly employees, especially those working part-time, tend to look at their jobs as temporary and not as a career. This doesn't tend to foster a sense of loyalty.
Lacking loyalty and any incentives to stay (like benefits or perks) they tend to drift in and out of the labor force. This can be voluntary or involuntary, or from one employer to another, usually looking for a few cents more per hour.
Why is turnover occurring?
Turnover occurs because there are far more hourly jobs being created than there are people to fill them. More money, benefits, perks, better working conditions, if someone else has it, they may dislodge your employees.
Why it's not getting better.
Demographic trends are working against you too. Jobs are being created, but the labor force is shrinking. The "baby-boomers" born at the close of WWII are aging. What was a plentiful supply of cheap labor that fueled the explosion in service industry jobs is gone. Another demographic trend is starting families later in life, which has resulted in what is termed the "baby-bust," and smaller families.
Long-range population projections make it clear that the competition for workers within a reduced labor supply will continue for some time.
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