Post COVID HR Index Survey

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* 1. What is your industry sector?

Agribusiness/FMCG

Construction

Education

Energy and Resources

Engineering and Trades

Finance, Accounting, Legal, other Professional Services

Government Department

Health

Manufacturing

Not for Profit

Public Sector

Sport, Leisure, Retail, Tourism and Hospitality

Wholesale, Warehousing and Transport

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* 2. How many staff do you employ?

Greater than 5,000

1,000 - 5,000

500 - 1,000

100 - 500

20 - 100

5 - 20

Less than 5

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* 3. Post COVID-19 do you anticipate emerging with

Greater Staff Numbers

Reduced Staff Numbers

The Same or Similar Staff Numbers

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* 4. Regarding Casuals and/or Contractors, for the period July to December 2020 will they

Increase

Decrease

Stay the same

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* 5. For the period July to December 2020, will you be hiring new staff or new disciplines?

Yes

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* 6. If you answered Yes to question 3, how many new hires do you anticipate?

1 - 2

3 - 5

6 - 10

11 - 20

21 - 50

Greater than 50

We will no be hiring

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* 7. If you answered Yes to question 3, which disciplines will you be hiring?

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* 8. What we're the biggest HR challenges for your organisation in response to the crisis?

Abiding by hygiene and social distancing rules

Moving workers to remote and home working

Standing Down Workers

Letting Staff Go

Workforce Planning

Legal implications

Psychological Safety and Wellbeing of Workers

Achieving similar productivity levels amidst new working arrangements

Other (please state)

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* 9. What was the biggest challenge for HR or the HR division?

Underequipped for a Pandemic

Inability to hire, onboard or induct

Getting across daily changes in regulations (standing down, isolation, quarantine, job keeper etc)

Updating contracts, agreements, policies and procedures

Maintaining personal resilience to withstand the workload

Continuity planning amidst the crisis

Fielding the volume of enquiries from staff

Employee engagement

Other (please state)

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* 10. How would you rate the support you were provided by your employer at the peak of the crisis?

Significant

Adequate

Neither adequate nor inadequate

Less than adequate

Inadequate

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* 11. How could organisations better support HR team members if a similar crisis were to arise?

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* 12. What worked well?

Employee engagement and commitment increased

Employees showed high degrees of flexibility in response to new ways of working

For the most part, employee performance and productivity was maintained

New discoveries were made

New efficiencies were gained

Other (please state)

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* 13. What opportunities came from the crisis?

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* 14. How are you addressing the return to work?

No change

Bringing staff back with the same working conditions prior to COVID-19

Performing health checks (eg/ temperature) or implementing medical testing for staff

Increasing staff numbers returning with specific measures being employed for hygiene and social distancing

A staged return of stood down workers

A return of some stood down workers and release (via redundancies) of other workers.

Addressing bringing a portion back and continuing flexible working for others

Other (please state)

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* 15. What key initiatives will be addressed in HR as a result of the crisis?

Analysing and Readdressing Strategy

Organisation Design

Addressing Capabilities across the Organisation

Addressing HR Capabilities (with greater focus on crisis management and continuity planning)

Addressing FWAs

Addressing New Ways of Work (aside from home and flexible working)

Health Safety and Wellbeing

Employee Engagement and Retention programs

Culture and/or organisational impacts to culture

Organisational change

Transformation Projects

Agile Working

Organisation Development and/or Learning and Development programs

Other (please state)

Post COVID HR Index Survey

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* 1. What is your industry sector?

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* 2. How many staff do you employ?

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* 3. Post COVID-19 do you anticipate emerging with

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* 4. Regarding Casuals and/or Contractors, for the period July to December 2020 will they

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* 5. For the period July to December 2020, will you be hiring new staff or new disciplines?

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* 6. If you answered Yes to question 3, how many new hires do you anticipate?

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* 7. If you answered Yes to question 3, which disciplines will you be hiring?

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* 8. What we're the biggest HR challenges for your organisation in response to the crisis?

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* 9. What was the biggest challenge for HR or the HR division?

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* 10. How would you rate the support you were provided by your employer at the peak of the crisis?

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* 11. How could organisations better support HR team members if a similar crisis were to arise?

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* 12. What worked well?

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* 13. What opportunities came from the crisis?

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* 14. How are you addressing the return to work?

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* 15. What key initiatives will be addressed in HR as a result of the crisis?

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* 16. Would you like to expand on the above or are there any other trends you see emerging post COVID-19?