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Deck the Halls
If their holiday decorations are within reason, 69.9% of survey participants allow employees to display them. Another 20.4% allow employees to display whatever they want. Display of nonreligious decorations is allowed by 5.7%, and 1.9% forbid employees from holiday decorating.
Along those same lines, 47.6% provide/display holiday-themed decorations in common areas at their facility, 21.9% do so only during Christmas, and 20.1% display only nonreligious seasonal decor. No company-sponsored decorations are displayed by 10.3%.
At 72.2%, almost three-quarters of survey participants host year-end or holiday parties for their employees, with 56% going off-site and 44% keeping the festivities in-house. Though 79.9% indicate they have never encountered issues such as employees’ drunk driving or inappropriate behavior, only 45.5% allow alcoholic beverages at their holiday celebrations. For those who allow alcohol at their holiday or year-end party, 37.5% provide rides home after the party.
When it comes to who gets invited to the party, 35.9% invite employees’ spouses and significant others to attend the celebration, and 54.6% invite employees only.
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Sharing
Though 10% (same as 2014) have yet to decide about 2016, charitable activities are sponsored by or are participated in for 64.4%. The types of activities are varied, with sponsoring a food drive topping the list and volunteer work or visits by employees during working hours trailing at the end of the list.
- Food drive, 57. 5%
- Toy drive, 57%
- Angel tree and/or adopt a family, 49.3%
- Clothing drive, 32%
- Monetary donation collected from employees, 31.8%
- Monetary donation from company, 31%
- Volunteer work or visits by employees during working hours, 22.2%
Survey Participants
A total of 1,053 individuals participated in this survey, which was conducted in September 2015. Of those who identified themselves, 61.7% represent private, for-profit organizations, 20% represent private, nonprofit organizations, 7.5% are public sector, and 10.8% work for the government.
The majority (61.4%) of our survey respondents provide HR services to a workforce of 1–250 employees. Another 13.8% provide guidance to 251–500 employees at their organizations, and 8.4% have a workforce of 501–1,000 employees. Companies with 1,001–5,000 employees accounted for 9.8% of survey participants and organizations with more than 5,000 employees comprise 6.6% of survey participants.
Over one-half (61.3%) of the participants are in service industries; 26.3% are in agriculture, forestry, construction, manufacturing, or mining; 8.4% are in wholesale, retail, transportation, or warehousing; and 4% are in real estate or utilities.
Manager level is represented 40.5% of the survey participants, director level is represented by 25.8%, and VP or higher accounts by 13.4%. Supervisors are represented by 4.2%, and staff level account for 16.1% of survey participants who self-identified.
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- 2016 handbook components and policies you MUST include and some you may consider
- Changes in federal laws and regulations that drive employee handbook updates
- Dress code and grooming policy updates you should make
- Social media privacy and usage policies in light of NLRB scrutiny and agency guidance
- The difference between flexible and absolute language in the employee handbook
- BYOD (bring your own device) policies covering cell phone and tablet usage
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