In the period under review, the sample companies disclosed some human resources content in 10% of the report
pages, but 13% of the companies do not disclose any data at all. In general, there is little quantification and use of
indicators and in the whole sample analyzed we did not find a single observation considering personnel as a key
relation. In addition, there is a lack of prospective data, while risk information is also scarce. In general, the amount
of HR information is low and, although it increased during the period under review, it lost weight in the content of
Management Report. Furthermore, the disclosure quality was shown to be poor, since the content is essentially
qualitative and historical.
The propositions concerning the poor quantity and poor quality of HR information in the management reports of
the IBEX-35 companies are thereby confirmed. The propositions regarding its evolution are, however, rejected
because, in the whole set of companies analyzed, apart from the increase in information about personnel considered
as a risk, no evidence is obtained either of an improvement in aspects with more quantification, or of a greater
quantity of outlook information. So, we observe that the application of the Law 62/2003 has had an effect on
company disclosure behavior, as the global quantity of HR information for the companies as a whole has increased
and, in addition, the number of companies that disclose nothing has fallen. Nevertheless, our understanding is that
the dissemination of the Discussion Paper – Management Commentary has not had a sufficient impact on the
quality and evolution of the quality of information disclosed during the period analyzed.