Current Surveys

Pay Awards Closing date: 31-Dec-09 Further details
Improving Equal Opportunities in Recruitment Closing date: 17-Jul-09 Further details
Performance-Related Pay Closing date: 10-Jul-09 Further details

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From this page you can choose to take part in IRS employment and human resources surveys, check on the progress of recent IRS research, and find out what we will be investigating over the coming months.

Anyone taking part in an IRS survey will receive a complimentary copy of the report as soon as it becomes available.

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Recent Surveys

Survey title Status Closing date Read results
Corporate Websites in Recruitment In production 22-Jun-09 Not yet
Shiftworking In production 12-Jun-09 Not yet
Maternity In production 29-May-09 Not yet
Recruiting in a Recession In production 15-May-09 Not yet
Managing Long-Term Absence Published 04-May-09 Report
Equality and Diversity Published 27-Apr-09 Report
Benefits & Allowances In production 24-Apr-09 Report 1  Report 2
Report 3  Report 4
Employers' Use of Employment Agencies Published 27-Mar-09 Report
Flexible & Home Working Published 20-Mar-09 Report
Staff Absence & Turnover Published 17-Mar-09 Report 1 Report 2
Retention During Redundancies Published 13-Mar-09 Report
Bonuses Published 20-Feb-09 Report
Annual Leave Published 13-Feb-09 Report
Recruitment & Absence: Disability Issues Published 12-Feb-09 Report
Absence Initiatives Published 06-Feb-09 Report
Induction & Buddy Schemes Published 30-Jan-09 Report
Redundancy Published 16-Jan-09 Report 1 Report 2
Performance Management Published 08-Jan-09 Report

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Future Surveys

Survey title Status Launch date Take part
Training Coming soon July-09 Not yet
Performance-Related Pay Coming soon June-09 Not yet

Current Surveys

Pay Awards (runs throughout the year)
Adding your organisation's latest settlement details to Pay & Benefit Bulletin's databank entitles you to a complimentary copy of this month's pay report and this year's pay prospects report. There are now two ways to take part in our pay research - by phone or online.
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Improving Equal Opportunities in Recruitment
IRS is currently undertaking research into how organisations are improving equal opportunities during recruitment and selection. The survey investigates equal opportunities in recruitment and selection, and how organisations encourage diversity in recruitment, as well as complying with the equality legislation. Everyone who takes part in our research will be sent a free copy of our findings as soon as our report is published.
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Performance-Related Pay
In the current economic climate, spending every penny of the paybill effectively is more important than ever. Taking part in the latest IRS performance-related pay survey will tell you more about the benefits and pitfalls of paying for performance.
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