Our Third Benchmark Report marked employee relations’ rise as a strategic business partner, highlighting its growing influence in shaping safer, more productive workplaces.
Note: Our Tenth Annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study is now available and represents the most current version of this research. Explore the Tenth Employee Relations Benchmark Study here.
A few of the findings from the Third Annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study:
- Currently, 30% of employee relations professionals juggle more than 26 employee issues at any given time; and for those who only conduct investigations, almost half report an average of 7 or more open investigations at a time.
- Organizations receive approximately 10.87 allegations of harassment, discrimination or retaliation for every 1,000 employees – up 48% from last year.
- The majority of organizations are using ER metrics to analyze employee behavior, engagement and performance and to influence policy changes.
- Read the report for an in-depth look at the data and trends in the evolving landscape of employee relations.
