Step 1: receive instructions
December 2025
The survey process begins.
We’ll send communications to the head of each organisation and head of Human Resources.
Step 2: confirm your organisation’s survey coordinator
By mid-December 2025
Confirm the details of your organisation’s survey coordinator.
If you need to make changes after you submit your form, email [email protected].
Step 3: finalise hierarchies and custom questions
By late January and early February 2026
When participating in the People matter survey, organisations can choose to include any of the following:
- An organisation structure (or hierarchy). This allows organisations to get reports for employee groups within your organisation such as divisions, branches and teams. Reports are provided for each group that receives at least 10 survey responses.
- Up to 5 custom opinion questions. These allow organisations to gather results on specific areas of interest that may not be covered by the core survey questions.
- One custom demographic question. This allows organisations to receive reporting that splits organisational survey results in an alternative way to the hierarchy. This should ask about a unique aspect of working at the organisation which is not covered by the standard question set. For example, the site or campus an employee works at.
Step 4: take part in user acceptance testing
February 2026
Survey user acceptance testing begins.
This is a chance to check your survey link and how we’ve set up your organisation.
Step 5: plan your survey promotions
February 2026
Plan and promote the survey.
Survey period
10 March to 2 April 2026
The People matter survey 2026 will be open from 10 March to 2 April.
Results released to organisations
May 2026
We release results and benchmarking reports including:
- dashboard reports online
- PDF, Excel and Word reports in the online portal.
Public release of results
Early 2027
We’ll publish organisation-level 2026 survey results.