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© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EFFORT
• Sample comprised of 340 randomly selected HR professionals.
• Analyzing 340 responses of 2821 emails sent, 2543 emails were received (response rate = 13%).
• Survey fielded September 13 – September 19, 2005; presentation generated on September 20, 2005.
• Margin of error is +/- 5.2%
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
What, if anything, is your organization doing or planning to do to help with relief efforts to aid victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster? (Please select all that apply.)
Choice Count Percent of Sample
Matching employee contributions (e.g., dollar for dollar match or match to a determined amount)
117 34.5%
Providing financial contributions as an organization (excluding or in addition to employee contributions)
112 33.0%
Organizing employee donations to relief/aid agencies 108 31.9%
Encouraging employees to donate individually without organizational involvement
103 30.4%
Encouraging EAP use 69 20.4%
Providing Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) 56 16.5%
Providing supplies (e.g., food, medicine, technology, etc.) 56 16.5%
Offering employment (temporary/full-time) to storm victims 47 13.9%
At this time, my organization has not contributed to relief efforts in any way and has no plans to do so
43 12.7%
Providing unpaid time off so employees can assist in relief efforts 38 11.2%
Continuing to provide benefits to displaced employees 35 10.3%
Continuing to pay displaced employees 33 9.7%
Providing paid time off so employees can assist in relief efforts 28 8.3%
Providing temporary housing to affected employees 27 8.0%
Providing technical expertise and/or trained staff to help with efforts 26 7.7%
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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
What, if anything, is your organization doing or planning to do to help with relief efforts to aid victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster? (Please select all that apply.) cont’d
Choice Count Percentage of sample
Relocating affected employees to your organizations' other offices 21 6.2%
Providing extra cash/gift cards to displaced employees to help them restart their lives
18 5.3%
Assisting employees in locating missing relatives 15 4.4%
Encouraging employees to donate unused vacation time and sick days and turn them into charitable contributions
15 4.4%
Locating missing employees in the affected areas by using ads on TV, radio, newspapers, word of mouth, etc.
14 4.1%
Organizing carpools to help with scarcity of gas 14 4.1%
Offering differential pay and/or benefits to employees called to active service in the U.S. Armed Services for relief effort
13 3.8%
Providing proceeds from products sold 12 3.5%
Offering alternate work schedules to employees in affected regions due to scarcity of gas
7 2.1%
Providing low interest loans to affected employees 6 1.8%
Reimbursing living expenses to affected employees 6 1.8%
Other 27 8.0%
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
What, if anything, is your organization doing or planning to do to help with relief efforts to aid victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster? (Please select all that apply.)
8%
2%2%
2%
4%
5%6%
8%
8%
8%10%
10%
11%
13%
14%17%
17%
20%
30%32%
33%
4%
4%
4%4%
4%
35%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Other
Relocating affected employees to your organizations' other offices
Prov iding low interest loans to affected employees
Offering alternate w ork schedules to employees in affected regionsdue to scarcity of gas
Prov iding proceeds from products sold
Offering differential pay and/or benefits to employees called to activ eserv ice in the U.S. Armed Serv ices for relief effort
Organizing carpools to help w ith scarcity of gas
Locating missing employees in the affected areas by using ads on TV,radio, new spapers, w ord of mouth, etc
Encouraging employees to donate unused v acation time and sick days
Assisting employees in locating missing relativ es
Prov iding extra cash/gift cards to displaced employees to help themrestart their liv es
Relocating affected employees to your organizations' other offices
Prov iding technical expertise and/or trained staff to help w ith efforts
Prov iding temporary housing to affected employees
Prov iding paid time off so employees can assist in relief efforts
Continuing to pay displaced employees
Continuing to prov ide benefits to displaced employees
Prov iding unpaid time off so employees can assist in relief efforts
At this time, my organization has not contributed to relief efforts in anyw ay and has no plans to do so
Offering employment (temporary/full-time) to storm v ictims
Prov iding supplies (e.g., food, medicine, technology, etc.)
Prov iding Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Encouraging EAP use
Encouraging employees to donate indiv idually w ithout organizationalinv olv ement
Organizing employee donations to relief/aid agencies
Prov iding financial contributions as an organization
Matching employee contributions
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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
Other• Accepting donations from patrons for Red Cross, donating product for Red Cross
fundraiser• Adopting a school• After ascertaining we had no affected employees, we are helping affected customers and
resellers by donating equipment• Arranging employee meetings in our hardest hit areas to find out what our employee's
needs are and offering assistance. Sent and paid for EAP counselor to attend• Held a Jeans Day to raise money for the Red Cross.• Blood drive• Company has Disaster Relief Assistance Program in place, providing up to $5000 per
family in grants plus 30 days temp housing.• Coordinated medical care for evacuees who came to Tucson• Coordinating volunteer activities• Employees are having a bake sale to raise money. • Employees pay to wear jeans and the money is donated.• Encouraging members to contributing funds to the Red Cross• Forming a group to assist with rebuilding branch offices of affected Credit Unions (we are
a trade association for credit unions)• Gave up employee outing to donate funds• Gave up the company's in-house breakfast and lunch for September• Helping students with tuition, classes• Holding job fairs• Hosting a garage sale to donate all proceeds to relief/aid agencies• Hosting a telethon to raise funds• Looking into ways we can help• Offering free services to our main client the postal service in their disaster efforts
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Other cont’d
• Offering free YMCA memberships to those storm victims that have been displaced and have moved to our area.
• Our employees are very actively involved with their churches in relief efforts. A local church that many of our employees attend sent 5 semi-trailer loads of new consumable items. Others cleaned a closed nursing home to offer shelter for evacuees.
• Participating in job fair for refugees in our state.• Providing generators for employees use until power restored• Providing information to our members, grant making organizations• Providing website links to MercyCorp and Red Cross• Raising money thru raffle and silent auction• Sending manpower to companies within our industry directly impacted by the disaster.
Providing our services (phone, long distance, video & internet) to locations providing shelter for evacuees.
• Serving individual with developmental disability• Supplying evacuees food gift certificates• We are actively participating in the American Heart Association Annual Heart Walk. They
have joined with the cancer and diabetes society to give one million dollars for hurricane relief so I feel we are also indirectly contributing with our donations.
• We had an employee donate a vehicle.• We have no employees in affected areas, raised mileage reimbursement• Working with community to support a displaced family• Working with displaced students to allow them to take classes at our institution that will
be transferable to universities in the affected areas. Continuing benefits to employees volunteering as aid workers in the affected areas.
• Created www.rallyamerica.org website for employers to post jobs
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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
Which of the following best describes your organization? (Check only one)
22%
52%
20%
7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Publicly owned for-profitorganization
Private owned for-profitorganization
Nonprofit organization Government
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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
Which of the following best describes your organization? (Check only one)
Choice Count Percentage Answered
Publicly owned for-profit organization 76 22.4%
Private owned for-profit organization 175 51.6%
Nonprofit organization 66 19.5%
Government 22 6.5%
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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: September 13, 2005
Online resources on Disaster Preparedness - www.shrm.org• Disasters and Emergency Preparedness -
http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_000146.asp
• Emergency Response Toolkit - http://www.shrm.org/hrtools/toolkits_published/CMS_007351.asp#TopOfPage
• Crisis Work - http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_000142.asp
• Employer’s Responsibility in the wake of a disaster - http://www.shrm.org/rewards/library_published/benefits/nonIC/CMS_014046.asp
• Sample Policy – Severe Weather Policy http://www.shrm.org/hrtools/policies_published/CMS_000633.asp#TopOfPage
• Sample Policy – Emergency Evacuation Policy http://www.shrm.org/hrtools/policies_published/CMS_000587.asp#TopOfPage
