The annual increase is a powerful lever for team loyalty.
And yet, this year, the budget for increases has been severely cut.
Executives or not, the median pay only increased by 0.6% while before the coronavirus crisis, in 2019, the increases had reached 2.8% for executives and 2.4% for non-executives , based on the annual salary survey from consulting firm Deloitte.
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Almost 45% of incumbents did not experience any change in their base salary in 2021, and nearly 30% saw their salary increase by less than 2%. In question, the coronavirus crisis. “
In a context of adaptation of the world of work, the salary policies practiced by companies in 2021 reflect the tensions observed during the health crisis of 2020. Although recovery trends can be observed, with salary increase budgets optimistic, the various economic “stop & go” caused by the successive waves show a certain caution
”, highlights the report published by Deloitte.
As regards the variable part of salaries, that is to say the sum of bonuses, commissions and exceptional bonuses, its evolution is heterogeneous.
The amounts paid are notably increasing “
for the first levels of executives and senior executives
” in order to compensate for the salary freeze and to reward the efforts of key talents with a view to building loyalty.
But the amount of the variable part is declining for senior executives.
As for non-executives, 49% received variable compensation, up 4% compared to last year but still very far from pre-Covid levels.
In 2019, they were no less than 65% to receive one.
The pay gap between Île-de-France and other French regions is decreasing
Companies have also made less use of the “
PEPA
”
bonus
, a device which allows the employer to pay the employee an exceptional bonus. Only 18% of companies have used it this year, a decrease of 5% compared to 2020. Its renewal was formalized in the 2nd quarter of the same year, leaving companies little time to take up this device. fiscally advantageous.
However, the evolution of increases should improve from 2022. The provisional increase budgets are in fact 1.8% for next year. “
The projection of salary increase budgets over the next three years provides for a gradual return to pre-health crisis increase budgets, against a backdrop of renewed growth from 2022. It should be emphasized that the budgets of forecast increases are in general very optimistic compared to actual perceived increases
, ”describes the report. But with inflation picking up again (1.9% over one year in August), the purchasing power of employees may be impacted despite salary increases.
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In addition, the pay gap between Île-de-France and the other French regions is decreasing.
It is 5.2%, down 0.8 point compared to 2020. A reduction in this gap which could increase in the coming years, linked to teleworking and the departure of many Parisian executives in the regions.
Finally, the average pay gap between men and women increased by 0.3% compared to last year to reach 3.7%.
A level close to that of 2017 (3.3%).
"
This second blank year linked to the crisis has impacted professional equality and interrupted the gradual development that we had known for several years
", recognizes the firm Deloitte.