Redundancy and Re-Employment in the Docks, 1992

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aims of the project were to:<ul><li>describe and explain both the redundancy process and the labour market mobility of redundant dockers under different local labour market conditions;</li><li>link the process of redundancy to the process of labour market mobility and to examine the disfunctionality between the two;</li><li>examine and evaluate the social and economic costs of the Dock Labour Compensation Scheme (DLCS)</li><li>examine the process of re-employment of redundant dockers in the ports and to assess the extent of casual and temporary employment.</li></ul><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Topics covered include<ul><li>employment in the docks prior to abolition;</li><li>employment and apprenticeships prior to employment in the docks;</li><li>personal characteristics and circumstances;</li><li>trade union membership;</li><li>psychological impact of deregulation;</li><li>type of redundancy (compulsory, voluntary), redundancy compensation offer;</li><li>experience of redundancy for those made redundant; reasons for redundancy for those made redundant;</li><li>experience of, and reasons for, remaining in the docks for those not made redundant;</li><li>post-redundancy labour mobility including: intentions and outcomes - retraining, retirement, self-employment, re-employment, migration; unemployment duration; re-employment inside and outside the docks; job search;</li></ul>