The 2020 Special Edition provides additional information to the Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) / Mercer’s Life Sciences Compensation Survey (MLS) / Mercer’s Executive Guides (MERG) specific to changes to various compensation and benefits elements. This is not part of the ongoing COVID-19 spot surveys! 2020 Special Edition results provide reliable information on policies and practices affected by the pandemic.

Mercer is the only remuneration survey provider on the market with a comprehensive and globally consistent offering in 2020 addressing the impact of COVID-19 on compensation and benefits. (According to market and online research carried out by Mercer.) With Special Edition Reports, we are in a position to advise on how the world of compensation and benefits has changed in dozens of locations globally!

Mercer’s annual TRS plus the Special Edition, included in the price, provide organizations with the best “before and after” picture of the market and serve as a critical resource for 2021 planning in what is proving to be a fluid year for compensation and benefits management.

Main sections of the survey will cover changes (organization reactions) due to the COVID-19 outbreak in areas such as variable pay (STI, sales incentives), pay reductions, salary movement, headcount reduction, hiring intensions, hot jobs, workforce turnover, LTI, remote and flexible working arrangements, benefits, and allowances (ME and APAC only).

The 2020 Special Edition is a new set of questions that directly link to the questions asked in the standard survey. These new questions measure how compensation and benefits practiced have changed because of COVID-19, and if those changes are temporary or permanent.

No. 2020 Special Edition survey participants will receive free copy of the results in countries where they participate.

Participation in Special Edition is upon invitation. Clients of Mercer who received 2020 TRS, MLS or MERG survey participation materials will be invited to the exclusive Special Edition. Note: failure to participate in this year’s regular survey does not disqualify clients from becoming a 2020 Special Edition participant.

Each country follow the timing based on the TRS/MLS/MERG schedule. Review the iMercer.com (TRS/MLS/MERG) schedules for specific details.

The 2020 Special Edition data collection uses Mercer Data Connector for all clients and locations. Learn more about Mercer Data Connector here.

Most clients will take less than two hours to complete the online questionnaire. With Mercer Data Connector, you can easily save your work and return to the application later as well as invite users to help or use the copy functionality to speed up the participation process.

Special Edition Campaign in Mercer Data Connector is available in Chinese, English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Refer to your personal Special Edition invitation where you will find all the necessary information about how to log in to the app, links to short tutorial videos, and contact details to Mercer Data Connector support team. Look in your inbox for an email from MercerDataConnector@mercer.com.

There could be three reasons for the invitation missing.

• Special Edition in your country has not yet started. Please review schedule for the survey launch date: TRS / MLS / MERG
• Mercer currently does not hold your name as the 2020 survey contact. There may be someone else from your organization that we have been in contact with this year.
• Your organization is not a client of Mercer at the moment.

The 2020 Special Edition report will be a PDF document, delivered as part of the TRS/MLS/MERG annual survey publications in Mercer WIN. For non-Mercer WIN users, it will be available to you via imercer.com.

Yes. Non participants will be able to purchase 2020 Special Edition results as part of the regular TRS, MLS or MERG survey. If you are interested in purchasing the any of the surveys, please contact a Mercer local representative.