According to the firm Alixio, companies say they are more serene about the risks of social conflicts at the end of this first quarter of 2023, which occurred in a context of social conflict over the pension reform, but concern persists over the issue of recruitment.
“At the end of 2022, one in two companies anticipated a start to 2023 with a tense social climate” and in April, “this rate drops to 35%.” In detail, “only 28% fear contagion with the pension conflict,” says the social strategy consultancy Alixio, which published a survey on Wednesday.
The mobilization against the pension reform, which has been taking place since mid-January, will continue with a new demonstration at the call of the inter-union on May 1. However, 63% of the companies surveyed by Alixio do not perceive “risk of contagion linked to the conflict over pensions”.
More salary increases
However, 72% of companies anticipate social movements related to salaries and more than 60% of them prepare to increase starting salaries due to significant hiring problems by 2023 and believe that these increases are necessary to face the recruitment challenges. .
Faced with inflation and the drop in French purchasing power, in April 20% (compared to 25% in December) of companies told Alixio that they had reassessed all salary scales and 16% (compared to 17% in December) they reevaluated the grills due to shortages
The increase in the minimums in setting the salary tables “had no repercussions” for 50% of the companies questioned. It led to reassessment of scarcity occupations in 16% of cases and a reassessment of grids for all in 20% of cases.
In March 2023, according to the Banque de France’s monthly business survey, more than half of French companies (52%) reported having difficulties recruiting, while 350,000 jobs are vacant in the territory for more than two million of unemployed.
The survey by the private firm Alixio was conducted online during the period of March and April 2023, on a panel of 153 HRDs and compensation and benefits managers.
The latter answered 90 questions in order to identify corporate compensation practices and their evolution in the 2022/2023 context (inflation, tensions in the labor market, pension reform, geopolitical crisis).
Source: BFM TV
