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Survey of Employment Tribunal
Applications (SETA) 2005 - Race discrimination cases
BMRB Social
Research will shortly be contacting people who have been involved in race
discrimination employment tribunals, inviting them to take part in the Survey of
Employment Tribunal Applications. This is an official Government sponsored
survey. It is very important to us that we get the views of as many different
people as we can.
About the
Survey
The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has commissioned a new survey of
people who have been involved with employment tribunals. This survey is also
supported by the Employment
Tribunals Service (ETS) and the Advisory
Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). The aim of the survey is to
talk to people about their experience of the employment tribunals. It doesn’t
matter if the case went to a full tribunal hearing or not. The survey is very
important to us since it tells us about the many kinds of people and
organisations who are involved in employment tribunals and about their experiences. It also
helps us to find ways of making improvements to the system in the future.
The
published reports of findings from our previous employment relations research
projects downloaded free of charge
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/inform.htm
BMRB Social
Research
We have commissioned BMRB Social Research,
an independent social research company, to carry out the survey on our behalf.
Everything that you tell BMRB will be in strict confidence. The DTI, the ETS and
Acas will not be able to identify your name or personal case details. We
will not be speaking to anyone else involved in your case. BMRB is a well
established market research organisation; if you would like more information
about BMRB Social Research then please visit their
website for further details.
If you
have received a letter from BMRB about this survey please read the following
additional information
How have you got my name?
Your name has been selected at random from the administrative records of the
Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) and the Employment
Tribunals Service.
What happens next?
An interviewer
from BMRB will telephone you in the next few weeks to conduct the interview or
arrange a suitable time to call back.
Do I need to do anything or prepare anything before being
telephoned?
No. However if
the case took place some time ago, you might want to remind yourself about what
happened around the time of the case. You may decide that you would like have
some notes to hand about the case, such as what the actual outcome was and how
long the case lasted.
What if I did not handle the case myself?
We would still
like to talk to you, even if you had very little or no personal dealings with
the case. We still want to know about your experiences and what happened in the
case from your point of view.
In the meantime,
If you would like any more information about the survey, please call Mark Peters
or Ken Seeds at BMRB on Freephone 0800 015 4492.
We hope that you
will be able to help with this important study and thank you in anticipation of
your help.
THE SURVEY
OF EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL APPLICATIONS (SETA) 2003
The survey of Employment Tribunal Applications
(SETA) 2003 is the fourth in a series dating back to 1987. The series aims to
provide information on the characteristics of the parties and key features of a
representative sample of employment tribunal cases. The advisory group for the
design and implementation of SETA 2003 included representatives from
Acas, the
Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) and the
Employment Tribunals Service.
The main aims of SETA 2003 were:
- To update the Findings from the
1998 Survey of Employment Applications (ERRS 13,
URN 03/999)
- To provide a basis for an analysis of the
factors that determine the outcomes and durations of ET cases
- To establish existing practice and attitudes
in relation to workplace dispute resolution, ahead of the introduction of the
new legislation in this area due to come into effect in October 2004
Telephone interviews were conducted with either the
Applicant or the Employer involved in a random sample of 4,500 Employment
Tribunal cases completed over a 12-month period (66% response rate). BMRB Social
Research conducted the fieldwork between October 2003 and January 2004.
A report on findings from SETA 2003 has been published in the Employment
Relations Research Series.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has established the SETA Small Grant
Fund to develop the evidence base and encourage policy debate around the future
and development of the Employment Tribunal System through small research grants
of between £3,000 and £8,000. For more information please visit the SETA Small
Grants web page.
Data and supporting documentation for SETA 2003, and other surveys in the SETA
series, have been deposited in the UK Data Archive. Researchers wishing to
access the data or supporting documentation should first register with the
Data Archive.
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