EMPLOYERS CALL FOR TARGETED SUPPORT
Employers were also asked about what forms of support would be the most useful if energy prices remain elevated over the next 12 months.
The key support measures they identified are defraying business costs through tax relief or financing assistance (83 per cent), energy cost relief and subsidies (77 per cent), and delaying manpower policy changes that would add further cost pressures (55 per cent).
The responses reflect employers’ concerns about the cumulative burden of higher business costs amid an already challenging operating environment, SNEF added.
