HR Update Survey Spring 2012

The Spring 2012 issue of HR update surveyed 549 senior HR contacts in Ibec member companies on trends in pay and employment, people management priorities, the risks to benefits such as occupational sick pay and medical insurance schemes, and the likely effects of statutory sick pay and new agency workers legislation. Future surveys will continue to capture pay and reward trends and will address the critical issues of performance, engagement, and the HR function in more depth.

Almost a quarter of the survey responses (23%) came from organisations employing over 250 employees. One in seven organisations was engaged in high tech manufacturing, and just over half (53%) were engaged in the wider services sector, reflecting the prominence of the services sector in the economy.