Companies in Portugal predict salary increases in 2023 below inflation – Mercer – Economia
0766%15% of the United States, especially in companies incorporated in the United States, especially in 15% of cases, and in Germany, in 9%.
According to Mercer, the geopolitical context and its impact on the economic level, with the escalation of packaging, has had an impact on companies and companies’ decision making.
“Greater uncertainty in the face of hiring new talent/increase in ‘headcount’, more difficulty in retaining, in general, higher, are all reflections of reflexes”, reads in the account of the changes in the ‘Total Compensation 2022’ study ‘ developed by Mercer.
“The average forecast for salary increases for 2023 is around 2.8%, which translates into a slight increase of 0.5% compared to the forecast in 2021 for 2022 (2.3%)”, reads the statement.
Or, “in a way of looking at one, it is insufficient to accompany an escalation of increase, and the increase in purchasing power for employees can be improved”, says Tiago Borges, ‘career business leader’ Mercer Portugal, cited in no press release. .
“No scenario of adaptation of shorter inflation rates, the issue of responding to the levels of increase in Portugal will certainly be a challenge for companies”, he adds.
No longer with regard to hiring, it presents “a scenario where around 43% of the companies hired will increase their number of employees this year, but only 31% assume, for now, to maintain this growth for 2023”, he says, for his part. time, quoted in the press release, Marta Dias, ‘rewards leader’ of Mercer Portugal.
More difficult time for half (5%) of companies to retain professionals, without having them, the projects in general, compared to the previous plan, do not seem to recognize organizations and the confidence to assume the medium plan of companies.
The positive wage change is, at an operational level, leveraged by the rise in the national minimum wage.
It is important to note that this refers to all levels of responsibility, with a general increase of 5% in addition to 2021. relevant, growing by around 18% in two years”, the document reads.
In terms of benefits, support for training is gaining in companies, with more than half (57%) of the study participants taking a share of the expenses associated with the education of their employees (in 2021 they were 46%).
Regarding reference bonuses (the context of new recruitments), the study states that they have become a relevant practice, with more than one text (35%) of companies (23% in 2021) adopting this practice.
According to the study, more than three-quarters (83%) of companies conduct an annual salary review.
“The second trend is salary revision without markings, made by 10% of the entities surveyed” and “the remaining companies-in twice (5%) or three times more common per year (2%)”, being that “the preferred months for the salary review are January, April and March (29%, 15% and 13%, respectively)”, according to the study.
The main benefits as companies serve workers are medical (90% of organizations), of which 70% cover plan coverage over employees’ children; automobile policy (88%); life insurance (70%); buyers in the company’s products (59%); coverage of expenses associated with education (57%); and vacation days in addition to those provided for by law (54%).
The sample of the study is representative of the main sectors of activity in the national fabric, 67% of which includes the sectors of general services, production consumption companies, pharmaceutical industry and retail industry, goods, information technologies.
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