Benefits September 9, 2003

Most Employers Have No 9/11 Memorial Plans

September 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly a third of HR officials participating in a recent survey said their workplaces would be strictly business as usual Thursday as they had no plans to celebrate the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey, 29% said their companies had no memorial plans while another 53% hadn’t yet determined that they would do. Just 13% said they planned to ask employees to observe a moment of silence during the day Thursday.

Other answers about September 11 workplace plans included:

  • 8 % – flying American flag(s) half-mast
  • 3% – giving employees red, white and blue ribbons or lapel ribbons to wear
  • 3% – conducting a spiritual affirmation
  • 2% – holding a blood drive
  • 1% – holding a “celebration of life” event
  • 1% – collecting donations to be given to an appropriate charity
  • 1% – holding an all-staff meeting
  • 1% – allowing time off without pay (liberal leave)
  • 4% – other

The survey was based on the responses of 356 randomly selected human resource rofessionals during the week of August 27-September 2, 2003.

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