Fair Treatment at Work Pilot Survey, 2005-2006

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>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><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><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The questionnaire covered the following broad areas:<ul><li>job-related classification questions (including those for SIC and SOC coding)</li><li>overall rating of employer</li><li>observed unfair treatment of others</li><li>personal experience of unfair treatment</li><li>profile of others who do the same job as respondent</li><li>recruitment of people who do the same job as respondent</li><li>trade union/staff association classification questions</li><li>demographic classification questions (including income) </li></ul>