The survey is conducted every month but not all questions are asked every month. The survey questionnaires consists of a common core of monthly questions to which are added, depending on the month, some quarterly, biannual or annual questions.
From the January 2022 campaign:
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introduction of a quarterly question on the probable trend in hourly wages in the sector;
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reintroduction of some quarterly questions about the barriers to hiring, resuming a set of questions asked from January 2017 to July 2020;
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removal of the quarterly questions about the impact of the health crisis on productivity -- that was a set of questions asked from October 2020 to October 2021.
From the April 2022 campaign:
- introduction of an annual question set on investment requested as part of the BCS European survey program.
From the May 2022 campaign:
- introduction of questions on direct or indirect supply difficulties related to the war in Ukraine.
From November 2022 campaign:
- temporary insertion of a module on energy prices.