EMPLOYMENT MARKET ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH (EMAR)

EMAR ONGOING PROJECTS

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE US AND CANADIAN STATUTORY REGIMES FOR REGULATING UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES (Contractor: John Goddard, University of Manitoba)

This study will provide an outline of the current US and Canadian statutory regimes for regulating unfair labour practices and a critical assessment of their effectiveness.

EFFECTS OF THE WORKING TIME REGULATIONS: A SURVEY OF WORKERS (Contractor: BMRB, Principal Researcher: Nick Coleman)
This study provides robust statistical information about the impact of the Working Time Regulations on workers; including, the number of individuals who have opted out of the 48-hour limit; whether they are covered by a workforce agreement; and whether night workers have been offered health assessments.

EMPLOYERS SURVEY ON SUPPORT FOR WORKING PARENTS (Contractor: System 3, Principal Researcher: Bruce Hayward)
This survey collects information on employers' awareness of the new statutory leave entitlements (Employment Relations Act 1999), current leave provision and flexible employment arrangements for employees with parental responsibilities, and their perception of the organisational and administrative impact of these arrangements.

EVALUATION OF THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE CHALLENGE FUND (Contractor: Tavistock Institute, Principal Researcher: Adrian Nelson) 
This study comprises an analysis of the consultant reports (baseline, intermediate and final) and in-depth survey work with a sample of employers from the first three rounds of the Challenge Fund. Work-life balance audits are being undertaken for Round 3 employers. Staff panel surveys are being undertaken 12 months apart to measure the impact of the WLB-CF intervention on staff attitudes towards work and their employer.

THE FIFTH WORKPLACE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS SURVEY (WERS5) (Fieldwork contractor: National Centre for Social Research)
The Fifth Workplace Employment Relations Survey will map the state of employment relations in workplaces across Great Britain based on interviews with workplace managers, interviews with worker representatives (where they are present), and from employees via a self-completion questionnaire. The last survey was conducted in 1998 and sponsored by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Survey (Acas), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and the Policy Studies Institute (PSI).

HOW EMPLOYERS MANAGE ABSENCES (Contractor: Institute for Employment Studies, Principal Researcher: Stephen Bevan)
The Employment Relations Act introduced new statutory rights to parental leave and time off for emergencies. The topic is explored through a series of case studies, covering establishments of varying sizes in a number of sectors. The studies identify employer responses to both planned absences (e.g. maternity leave) and unplanned absences (e.g. time off for domestic emergencies), as well as absences of various lengths (between one day and 40 weeks). The case studies gather data on costs, as well as information explaining the different strategies adopted by employers.

JOB SEPARATIONS: A SURVEY OF WORKERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY LEFT AN EMPLOYER (Contractor: ONS, Principal Researcher: Ian Knight)
Based on the Labour Force Survey telephone survey, this project will provide information about individual dismissals, redundancies and voluntary separations. It also provides information on periods of tenure and notice periods of people terminating employment.

PART-TIME WORKERS AND FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS SURVEY (Contractor: BMRB, Principal Researcher: Nick Coleman)
Based on a survey of employers this project gathers information on current employment practices to inform the preparation of regulations to implement the Directive on part-time work. It also explores the issue of fixed term contracts and temporary work, looking at how the terms and conditions of these workers are different from permanent employees.

SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL APPLICATIONS   (Contractor: BMRB, Bruce Haywood and Mark Peters)
This study will update some of the findings of the 1998 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications. The findings will update information on the characteristics of the parties involved and the principal factors that are considered to influence the outcome of Employment Tribunal applications; namely, the reasons for the dispute, the use of formal and informal workplace procedures, sources of advice, the use of representatives, the part played by Acas in the conciliation process, and the costs incurred by the parties. It will be based on surveys of applicants and employer respondents who have been involved in Employment Tribunal cases.  

SURVEY OF HOW PARENTS IN EMPLOYMENT BALANCE WORK, FAMILY AND HOME (Contractor: MORI, Principal Researcher: Jane Stevens)
To compliment the survey of employers provisions for employees with parental responsibilities, this survey collects information on parents' take up of the new statutory leave entitlement (Employment Relations Act 1999), their views on the feasibility of their employers extending provision, the feasibility of parents taking leave to support their children, and parents' attitudes towards the extension of current statutory leave entitlements.

SURVEY OF REDUNDANCY PRACTICES (Contractor: IFF Research Ltd, Principal Researcher: David Spillsbury)
In 1992 the Employment Department conducted a survey of employers to fill information gaps about redundancy practice. The survey is based on approximately 1200 employers and will update the findings from the 1992 study. The survey collects information on redundancy arrangements, redundancy payments and the extent of consultation.

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