Human Resource Executive - January February 2018

Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Chicago

Calling in Sick

Forty percent of 5,954 surveyed workers have called in sick in the last 12 months when they were actually healthy, compared to 35 percent in 2016.

Source: CareerBuilder, Chicago

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Compiled by Michael J. O'Brien Illustrations by Marthe Roberts/Shea

Source: Genpact, Hamilton, Bermuda

HR Exec Comp Rises

Median total direct compensation for HR executives increased from $1.6 million in 2015 to $1.7 million in 2016.

Source: Equilar, Redwood City, Calif.

Vacation or Loan Repayment?

Forty-six percent of 500 full-time workers with student-loan debt said in a recent survey that they would give up paid time off for a loan-repayment benefit, while 33 percent would give up retirement benefits and

23 percent would give up healthcare benefits.

Source: Millennial Personal Finance, New York

The Trump Effect?

According to a recent survey of 14,500 global workers, 30 percent said they are willing to relocate to the U.S. for work, down four points from when the question was asked in 2012.