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Recent Surveys


2012 Sales Compensation Trends Survey© Results
A Survey by The Alexander Group, Inc. and WorldatWork
January 2012

Now in its 10th year, the 2012 Sales Compensation Trends Survey© captured U.S. sales force performance and sales compensation data for 2011 and projections for 2012. This is the first time WorldatWork has been a partner on this project.

The data, collected from 119 corporate U.S. sales forces, representing more than 120,000 sales professionals, confirms moderate success of 2011 and the modest optimism of 2012. Data was collected in December 2011 and results were published January 2012.

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Employee Benefits Accountability and Consumerism Survey
A Report by WorldatWork
October 2011

This report summarizes the results of an August 2011 survey of WorldatWork members to gather information about current trends in employee benefits and how well informed employees are as consumers of these benefits. This is the third edition of this survey report.

The focus of this information is to build an improved understanding of the priorities involved in making employees better consumers of benefits and more accountable for their benefits decisions within an organization.

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2011/2012 Talent Management and Rewards Study, North America
A Study by Towers Watson and WorldatWork
October 2011

Despite a volatile economy and high unemployment, almost 60% of North American companies are having trouble attracting critical-skill employees, an increase over 2010. In addition, organizations will continue to face strong pressure to manage costs in the coming year as they experience slow growth in productivity and sales.

These are some of the top findings of the 2011/2012 Towers Watson North American Talent Management and Rewards Survey, conducted in early summer 2011. Findings also showed that a majority of employers are responding to the economy by expecting
employees to work longer hours than before the recession and sharply decreasing the rate of increase of merit budgets.

This report focuses on trends in reward and talent management programs, accompanied by our related insights to drive effective design and delivery. We encourage you to consider these concepts in the broader context of your organization’s EVP and total rewards strategy.

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Global Sales Compensation Practices Survey©
A Survey by The Alexander Group, Inc. and WorldatWork
August 2011

The 2011 Global Sales Compensation Practices Survey©, co-sponsored by the Alexander Group and WorldatWork, includes reponses from 117 sales departments. Survey questions included: Annual Design Process, Governance, Global Versus Local, Trends in Program Global Uniformity, Automation Support, Government Regulations and Restrictions, Labor/Works Council Practices, Cultural and Social Norms and Survey Sources.

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Severance and Change-in-Control Practices
A Report by WorldatWork and Innovative Compensation and Benefits Concepts, LLC
August 2011

In summer 2011, the U.S. and global economic situation still felt quite shaky and uncertain. But what did this mean for organizations’ severance and change-in-control plans? WorldatWork partnered with Innovative Compensation and Benefits Concepts, LLC, in a joint research project to understand the changing landscape of severance practices. Specifically, the research was designed to better understand the prevalence and perceptions of severance programs within organizations.

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Vehicle-Related Benefits Programs
A Report by WorldatWork
July 2011

This report summarizes the results of a March 2011 survey of WorldatWork members to gather information about current trends in vehicle-related benefits programs. Specifically, the research was designed to better understand the prevalence and perceptions of vehicle-related benefits programs within organizations such as car allowances and company car benefits.

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Telework 2011: A Special Report from WorldatWork
A Report by WorldatWork
June 2011

When employee data was collected in December 2010, the average American worker was more concerned with job security than with taking advantage of opportunities to telework. At the same time, employer views about telework have been changing, as evidenced by its expanded use on an ad hoc or occasional basis. (WorldatWork 2009)

In addition to technological changes that have further supported telework as a practical matter, employers are increasingly recognizing the bottom-line benefits of telework, such as supporting business continuity strategy, reducing real estate costs, and attracting talent from wider labor pools. (Corporate Voices for Working Families [CVWF] 2009)

Additionally, telework has value as it relates to employee engagement, satisfaction and retention as either an overall differentiator from a competitive standpoint or because employees view it as a privilege that is earned through good performance. (CVWF 2009) This special report provides a view of telework from both the employee and the employer perspectives, and creates a useful picture of how telework is playing out in the United States today.

Findings in this report are based on employee data collected by The Dieringer Research Group Inc. (commissioned by WorldatWork) and employer data collected by WorldatWork from its membership membership of human resources and total rewards professionals.

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Reward Fairness
A Report by WorldatWork
June 2011

Management faces numerous challenges in determining how to reward employees. They must balance market competitiveness, internal equity, organizational performance and individual performance considerations. Notably, issues of “fairness” underlie each of these areas. No matter how sophisticated the design, reward programs, policies and practices that are not perceived as fair will not successfully attract, retain and engage employees.

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Men and Work-Life Integration: A Global Study
A Report by WorldatWork's Alliance for Work-Life Progress and WFD Consulting
May 2011

A quarter century after its emergence and a decade after the business case was established, the work-life field is challenged to understand the barriers that persist in preventing both employees (especially men) from fully utilizing work-life options, and
managers (often men) from fully supporting them. WFD Consulting and WorldatWork’s Alliance for Work-Life Progress partnered to investigate these challenges on a global scale.

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Men and Work-Life Integration: A Global Study
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Trends in Employee Recognition
A Report by WorldatWork
May 2011

This report summarizes the results of a January 2011 survey of WorldatWork members to gather information about current trends in recognition programs. Specifically, the research is designed to measure specific types of recognition programs and the impact on the workforce.

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Bonus Programs and Practices
A Report by WorldatWork
May 2011

Many would say that the economic shift in recent years has left little in the business world unscathed. Total rewards professionals have expressed the same concerns about bonus programs, so WorldatWork opted to update the Survey on Bonus Program Practices, last conducted in 2008.

While bonus programs remain prevalent, all programs are in use by fewer organizations now, when compared to 2008.

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Research in Brief: 2011 Bonus Programs and Practices Survey Highlights
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Survey on Workplace Flexibility
A Report by WorldatWork
February 2011

Workplace flexibility offerings and approaches vary significantly from one organization to the next, indicating that they are tailoring programs to fit their needs as well as the needs of their workforces.

In addition to capturing baseline information on flexible work arrangements, this survey was designed to examine the degree of flexibility culture in place at organizations, and to uncover any relationships to program offerings, practices and total rewards success. Findings indicate that the degree of workplace flexibility culture in place at a company does correlate to a number of things, including turnover.

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Workplace Flexibility Highlights | 5:37

WorldatWork Sponsored Research: HR Pay Practices Survey 2010 (U.K.)
A Report by HR Magazine and WorldatWork
February 2011

While the term ‘the age of austerity’ continues to be bandied around boardrooms, the fears of redundancy, pay cuts, pay freezes and other ‘difficult decisions’ remain at the forefront of employees’ minds as they live in the shadow of recession, while the emotive subject of pay has become an increasingly serious issue for employers.

These are the key findings from this HR magazine/WorldatWork Pay Practices Survey, conducted during 2010. This is the first year HR magazine has teamed up with WorldatWork to investigate pay practices across all sectors of the U.K. economy. The results make interesting reading as employers move tentatively out of
recession and into recovery.

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Promotional Guidelines
A Report by WorldatWork
December 2010

This report summarizes the results of a September 2010 survey of WorldatWork members to gather information about current trends in promotional guidelines. This survey focuses on specific definitions of employee promotions as well as changes in promotional opportunities in today‟s workplace due in part to the economic downturn.

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Promotional Guidelines Highlights | 9:32

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2012 Survey Briefs & Reports

2012 Sales Compensation Trends Survey© Results

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2011 Survey Briefs & Reports

Employee Benefits Accountability and Consumerism Survey 2011

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Talent Management and Rewards Study, North America

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Global Sales Compensation Practices Survey©

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Severance and Change-in-Control Practices

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Vehicle-Related Benefits Programs

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Telework 2011: A Special Report from WorldatWork

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Reward Fairness

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Quick Survey on Electronic Benefits Communication (U.S.)

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Men and Work-Life Integration: A Global Study

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Trends in Employee Recognition

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Bonus Programs and Practices

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Snapshot Survey: On-Site Clinics

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Survey on Workplace Flexibility

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HR Pay Practices Survey 2010 (U.K.)

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2010 Survey Briefs & Reports

Promotional Guidelines

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The Connection Between Academic Research Findings and Total Rewards Professionals

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Sales Compensation Programs and Practices

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The State of Performance Management Read it >>
Performance Incentives and Sustaining Engagement
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Compensation Programs and Practices Read it >>
Global Talent Management and Rewards Read it >>
Total Rewards Implementation and Integration
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Organizational Culture and Total Rewards: Person-Organization Fit
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The Impact of Rewards Programs on Employee Engagement
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Paid Time Off Programs and Practices
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The State of Work-Life 2010
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Beyond Compensation: How Employees Prioritize Total Rewards at Various Life Stages
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The Relative Influence of Total Rewards Elements on Attraction, Motivation and Retention
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Snapshot Survey: Retirement Plan Options in the U.S.
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Executive Compensation Case Studies Read it >>


2009 Survey Briefs & Reports

Employee Equity Plans Read it >>
Sales Incentive Plan Revisions Read it >>
Weathering the Economic Downturn
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2009-10 U.S. Strategic Rewards Report
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Snapshot Survey: Five Questions on Health Care
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Flexible Work Arrangements for Nonexempt Employees
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Reward Next Practices
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Severance and Change-in-Control Practices
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Alignment of Strategies, Structures and Reward Programs
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Implications of Employer-Supplied Connectivity Devices
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Trends in 401(k) Plans
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Job Evaluation and Market Pricing Practices 2009
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Telework Trendlines 2009
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Bonus Program Practices
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2008 Survey Briefs & Reports
Company Car and Vehicle Allowances
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The Power of Integrated Reward and Talent Management: 2008-09 Global Strategic Rewards Report and U.S. Findings

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Global Compensation Practices

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Rewarding a Multigenerational Workforce

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Executive Compensation Survey Practices

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Sales Compensation Practices

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FMLA Practices and Perspectives Read it >>
Trends in Employee Recognition Read it >>
Rewards Communication and Pay Secrecy Read it >>

2007 Survey Briefs

Severance and Change-in-Control Practices 2007 Read it >>
Attraction & Retention:
The Impact and Prevalence of Work-Life and Benefit Programs
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2007/2008 Global Strategic Rewards® Report and United States Findings

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Private Company
Incentive Pay Practices

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Reward Programs:
What Works and What Needs to be Improved

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The Real Talent Debate: Will Aging Boomers Deplete the Workforce

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State of Performance Management

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Census of the Total Rewards Profession Read it >>
Telework Trendlines Read it >>

2006 Survey Briefs
  
Key Sales Incentive Plan Practices Read it >>
Effectively Managing Global Compensation and Benefits Read it >>
Paid Time Off and PTO Banks Read it >>
The Trend Toward Employee Benefits Accountability and Consumerism Read it >>
Best of the Best 2006 - Work-Family Research Summaries Read it >>
Aligning Rewards
with the Changing Employment Deal
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State of the Work-Life Profession Read it >>
Evaluating Pay Program Effectiveness Read it >>
Promotional Guidelines Read it >>

2005 Survey Briefs
   
Disaster Recovery Survey Read it >>
Severance and Change-in-Control Practices Read it >>
Flexible Work Schedules Read it >>
Strategic Rewards and Pay Practices Read it >>
The State of Electronic Communications in Compensation and Human Resources Read it >>
Bonus Program Practices Read it >>
Fiscal Management of Compensation Read it >>
Trends in Employee Recognition 2005 Read it >>
Key Sales Incentive Plan Practices Read it >>
FMLA Perspectives and Practices Read it >>
State of the Work-Life Profession 2005 Read it >>
The Changing Role of Compensation Read it >>
The State of Human Resources Outsourcing

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2004 Survey Briefs
  
The Trend Toward Employee Benefits Accountability and Consumerism Read it >>
Strategic Performance Measurement and Reward Systems Read it >>
Global Compensation Practices Read it >>
The State of Performance Management Read it >>
Survey on Overtime and Exemption Changes Read it >>
FASB Stock Option Exposure Draft Read it >>
Employer-Sponsored Investment Advice Read it >>
Pay for Performance 2003-04 Read it >>
Outside Director Pay and Practices Read it >>

2003 Survey Briefs
Proposed Overtime Rule Changes Read it >>
Variable Pay and Organizational Performance Read it >>
Severance and Change-in-Control Plans Read it >>
State of Employee Stock Options Read it >>
Canadian Expatriate Assignments Read it >>
Recognition - 2003 Read it >>
Stock Option Expensing - 2003 Read it >>
Proposed FLSA Changes Read it >>
Outsourcing in Benefits and Compensation Services   Read it >>
State of Electronic Communications in Comp & HR Read it >>
Survey of Compensation Policies & Practices  Read it >>
2003 Pre-Conference Survey Read it >>
401(k) Survey Read it >>
FLSA In Practice Read it >>

2002 Survey Briefs
   
2002 Layoff Trends Read it >>
Practices in The Work Experience Read it >>
2002 Employee Recognition Survey Read it >>
The Rewards Profession: One Year After 9/11
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2002 Pre-Conference survey Read it >>
The State of Employee Stock Options Read it >>
Paid Time Off and PTO Banks
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Stock Option Expensing Survey
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Referral Bonus Survey
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401(k) Survey Read it >>
Retention Bonus Survey Read it >>
Spot Bonus Survey Read it >>

2001 Survey Briefs
Equity Programs Survey Read it >>
Sept. 11 Survey Read it >>
Retention Bonus Survey Read it >>
Referral Bonus Survey Read it >>
Sign-On Bonus Survey Read it >>
Headcount Dilemma Survey Read it >>
Equity Programs Survey IPOs Read it >>
Role of Recognition Read it >>
Elder Care Survey Read it >>


2000 Survey Briefs

Alternative Medicine Survey
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Spot Bonus Survey
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Sign-On Bonus Survey
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Retention Bonus Survey
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Online Benefits Survey
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Equity Programs Survey
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1999 Survey Briefs
Work/Life Survey
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Referral Bonus Survey

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Vendor Management Survey

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