Fair Treatment at Work Pilot Survey, 2005-2006

The <i>Fair Treatment at Work Survey</i> is Britain's first large-scale official survey of employees' experience of unfair treatment, perceived discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. The survey was commissioned by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) which in June 2009 merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) to form the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The new survey combines two earlier surveys; the <i>Employment Rights at Work Survey, 2005</i> (ERWS) (not available from the UKDA) and the <i>Fair Treatment at Work Pilot Survey, 2005-2006</i> (available from the UKDA under SN 6203).<br>
The <i>Fair Treatment at Work Pilot Survey, 2005-2006</i> was commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry to measure the prevalence of unfair treatment of employees in Great Britain on the basis of their personal characteristics. TNS Social Research conducted an initial survey that would form part of a wider research programme on discrimination in employment and that would act as a benchmark for future regular monitoring of changes. <br>
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The main aims of this study were:<ul><li>to develop a robust and reliable research instrument, capable of continuous monitoring of unfair treatment in the labour market, identifying long-term trends, and measuring the impact of future legislation</li><li>to develop a discrete set of questions that can be used on future ad-hoc and omnibus surveys</li><li>to generate a dataset able to sustain extended analysis of the extent of unfair treatment at work in Great Britain for specific sub-populations of interest (e.g. ethnic and religious minorities, younger and older workers) </li></ul>