Absence Rates and Costs 2022: The short-term absence rate for the 2021 calendar year in terms of the number of days' absence per employee. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) defines short-term sickness absence as 'an absence lasting up to (but less than) four weeks'. This XpertHR survey was conducted in March 2022.
Annual Leave 2019: The limits that employers set on the amount of annual leave that employees can book at particular times of the year and/or in a single block. This page reproduces the text of selected responses to this free-text question as submitted by survey participants. This XpertHR survey was conducted in April 2019.
Occupational Sick Pay 2019: Whether or not employees automatically lose that day's occupational sick pay if they fail to notify the organisation that they are sick as specified in the organisation's requirements. Where respondent organisations have more than one sick pay scheme in operation, the results refer to their largest scheme offered under current terms and conditions. This XpertHR survey was conducted in March 2019.
Managing Mental Health in the Workplace 2019: The type of adjustments employers have made for employees who have disclosed mental ill-health over the past 12 months. This XpertHR survey was conducted in May 2019.
Benefits and Allowances 2019: Whether or not employees have been transferring over from childcare vouchers to the tax-free childcare scheme. The Tax-free Childcare scheme enables eligible families to receive a contribution of 20% from the Government towards their childcare costs. Employees can no longer join a childcare voucher scheme, however, parents already in these schemes can still remain in them. This XpertHR survey was conducted in May 2019.
Major Sporting and Special Events 2018: The impact of the current approach to major sporting events or special events on employee engagement/morale. This XpertHR survey was conducted in April 2018.
Annual Leave 2019: The number of employers that set limits on the amount of annual leave that employees can book at particular times of the year and/or in a single block. This XpertHR survey was conducted in April 2019.
Managing Mental Health in the Workplace 2019: The number of employers that have made any adjustments for employees who have disclosed mental ill-health over the past 12 months. This XpertHR survey was conducted in May 2019.
Redundancy Management 2020: Whether suitable alternative employment was offered to employees who were at risk of redundancy during the past 12 months. This XpertHR survey was conducted in November 2019.
Coronavirus and HR (Second XpertHR pulse survey): The number of organisations that are providing specific support to employees around their wellbeing and/or good mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. This XpertHR pulse survey was conducted on Tuesday 14 April and Wednesday 15 April 2020.
Labour Turnover Rates 2021: The total labour turnover rate for departing employees with less than 12 months' service for the 2020 calendar year. This XpertHR survey was conducted in September 2021.
Labour Turnover 2022: The voluntary resignation rate for departing employees with less than 12 months' service for the 2021 calendar year. This XpertHR survey was conducted in May 2022.
Labour Turnover 2022: The total labour turnover rate for departing employees with less than 12 months' service for the 2021 calendar year. This XpertHR survey was conducted in May 2022.
Discipline and Grievance 2022: Whether or not Acas early conciliation was effective in resolving the most recent case at the organisation that arose as the result of a claim by an employee. This XpertHR survey was conducted in September 2022.
Learning and Development 2019: The amount that employers will spend on learning and development (L&D) per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee over the next 12 months. This XpertHR survey was conducted in July 2019.
Learning and Development 2019: How employers expect the learning and development (L&D) spend per FTE employee to change over the next 12 months. This XpertHR survey was conducted in July 2019.
Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave and Pay 2021: The number of organisations at which payment of any part of enhanced maternity pay is dependent on the employee's return to work following maternity leave. This XpertHR survey was conducted in March 2021.
Labour Turnover Rates 2021: The voluntary resignation rate for departing employees with less than 12 months' service for the 2020 calendar year. This XpertHR survey was conducted in September 2021.
Employee Engagement and the Employee Experience 2021: The number of organisations that have made any changes in their approach to gathering employee feedback during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This XpertHR survey was conducted in November 2021.
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