(Apologies for cross-posting)
Dear all,
This is a reminder that next Tuesday 20th February is the first Social
Research Association (SRA) evening seminar of 2007. Further details are below.
It promises to be a most interesting event on employment research, so
please try and attend if you can!
***Key findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS
2004)***
5:00pm, Tuesday 20th Feburary 2007 (light refreshments from 4:30pm), at The
Nuffield Foundation
28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS
BACKGROUND TO THE SEMINAR
The 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey is the fifth in the series
of surveys which have generally been considered to be one of the most
authoritative sources of information on employment relations in Great
Britain. It is jointly sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Advisory,
Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), and the Policy Studies
Institute (PSI).
WERS 2004 involved interviews with around 3,200 managers and about 1,000
worker representatives. More than 20,000 employees completed and returned a
self-completion questionnaire. The survey links the views from these
parties, providing a truly integrated picture of the state of employment
relations inside British workplaces.
The data is used to inform policy development in employment relations and
to assess the success of existing policies. The findings of the current
survey are of notable interest as they can be used to assess change in
employers’ employment relations practices in most of the areas where
government reform has taken place in recent years, including equal
opportunities, work-life balance, trade union recognition and dispute
resolution.
The SRA is therefore pleased to announce that on the 20th February, Barbara
Kersley, Principal Research Officer, Department from Trade and Industry
(DTI) will describe the methodological issues behind this survey and
outline the main findings of the 2004 survey. This will include looking at
changes in employer practices as a result of policy reform since 1998, and
at changes in the experiences of employees over the same period.
The seminar is free to SRA members, while a small charge of £10 is payable
by non-members. The seminar will take place at The Nuffield Foundation
(directions available at
http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/contactus/page_17.html).
There is no need to book: simply turn up on the evening.
The seminar will start promptly at 5:00pm, and will end at around 6.30pm.
The Social Research Association looks forward to welcoming you.
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