Value of wages (including bonuses and excluding benefits) paid to all temporary employees of the organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture pre-tax wages and salaries paid to the organization's temporary employees and should include neither benefits nor payroll expenses.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Material change. Temporary Employee Wages (OI4202) replaced Wages: Seasonal Employees (OE20) and Wages: Contract Workers (OE21). Metrics combined to better represent all temporary employees.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Wages: Seasonal Employees (OE20) and Wages: Contract Workers (OE21) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.
IRIS Metrics Work Better in Sets
To use IRIS metrics—and the resulting data—to understand impact performance, IRIS metrics should be used and analyzed in generally accepted sets and according to well-defined objectives. IRIS+ gives you access to generally accepted Core Metrics Sets aligned to common Impact Themes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).