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Christmas during a recession: the 2009 IRS survey

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Source: IRS Employment Review

Issue: 935

Date: 14/12/2009

Publisher: IRS

Christmas during a recession: the 2009 IRS survey

TOPICS:

recruitment	labour market and economy
pay and benefits	benefits (pay-related and other) premiums and allowances pay-related incentives/awards
HR policy and strategy	business challenges

SECTORS:
manufacturing (other)
public services
services (other)

AUTHOR: Charlotte Wolff

Latest IRS research of employers' plans for Christmas celebrations investigates cost-cutting measures and budgets for the party season and finds a significant number of employers cutting back on spending.

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Traditional Christmas activities
Christmas cutbacks
Chart 1: Changes to Christmas budgets in 2009
Christmas expenditure plans
Christmas parties
Other cost reductions
Chart 2: Other cost-reduction methods, excluding Christmas cutbacks
Employee reactions
Examples of employee responses
Our research
Table 1: Christmas 2009 expenditure
Table 2: Other cost-reduction methods, apart from Christmas cutbacks, by sector
Table 3: Response of employees to general cutbacks, by sector
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