2.1 Survey results achieved
The questionnaire-based survey (a selective pool of 146 informants) allowed finding out that within that total pool for Slovakia and the Czech Republic, 72 % of companies did not modify their scope of employee benefits in a significant manner. Thus, the other 28 % noted either an increase or decline in employee benefits. More specifically, 19 % of the companies reported an increase in fringe benefits (including 14 % with an increase below 30 % and 5 % with an increase over 30 %). As indicated in chart 1, changes in benefits are similar for both countries. In Slovakia, a larger number of companies noted an increase over 30 % and decline below 30 %. Unlike this, the increase below 30 % and decline over 30 % is identical in both countries.