Work-Life Balance Study, 2007: Employers' Survey

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>In 2000, the Government launched the Work-Life Balance Campaign, targeting employers to promote the benefits of flexible working for all employees. Although this campaign was not specifically aimed at parents or carers, the legislation restricted rights to apply for changes in the hours, timing or place of work to those employees with caring responsibilities. <br>
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The then Department for Education and Employment (later the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and now the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)) carried out the first <i>Work-Life Balance Survey</i> (WLB1) in 2000 (held at the UK Data Archive under SN 4465). It was used to assess how far employers operated work-life balance practices and whether employees felt that existing practices met their needs. The first survey was followed up in 2003 by a second survey, a two-part survey of employees and employers (WLB2) (held under SNs 5079 and 5080) and by a third wave in 2006 and 2007 (WLB3) (held under SNs 7028 and 5787). The fourth employee survey was carried out in 2011 (held under SN 7112) and the fourth employers survey was completed in 2013 (held under SN 7775).<br>
<br><br>The WLB3 Employers' Survey was commissioned with three main aims in mind:<ul><li>to monitor changes since the previous work-life balance studies by collecting data on awareness, provision, take-up and demand in relation to work-life balance arrangements and on employers’ perceptions of positive benefits and detrimental impacts arising from the provision of these arrangements</li><li>to provide a robust baseline for future evaluation in relation to the provisions brought in under the Work and Families Act 2006</li><li>to examine other issues which relate to work-life balance, including differential provision and take-up between sub-groups of employees</li></ul><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The dataset contains the responses of employers to questions which were based on meeting the aims of the research, covering the following topics:<ul><li>general background information about the establishment</li><li>general work arrangements at the establishment</li><li>overtime work at the establishment</li><li>whether hours worked can be varied</li><li>leave arrangements</li><li>role of line managers and supervisors</li><li>childcare arrangements</li><li>impact of flexible working practices and leave arrangements</li><li>consultation of employees and promotion of flexible working practices and leave arrangements</li></ul>

<P>本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据集采集版权所有者所有。</P>2000年，英国政府发起**工作与生活平衡运动（Work-Life Balance Campaign）**，旨在推动雇主为全体雇员推行弹性工作制相关利好举措。尽管该运动并未专门面向父母或照料者群体，但相关立法将申请调整工作时长、时段或工作地点的权利，限定给了负有照料责任的雇员。<br><br>当时的教育与就业部（后先后更名为商业、企业与监管改革部（BERR），现为商业、创新与技能部（BIS））于2000年开展了首次<i>工作与生活平衡调查（Work-Life Balance Survey，简称WLB1）</i>，该调查由英国数据档案馆托管，存档编号为SN 4465。本次调查用于评估雇主落实工作与生活平衡举措的程度，以及雇员是否认为现有举措契合自身需求。2003年，首轮调查迎来第二轮跟进调研，分为雇员与雇主两部分（WLB2），存档编号分别为SN 5079与SN 5080；2006至2007年开展第三轮调查（WLB3），存档编号为SN 7028与SN 5787。2011年完成第四轮雇员调查（存档编号SN 7112），2013年完成第四轮雇主调查（存档编号SN 7775）。<br><br>本次WLB3雇主调查设定了三大核心目标：<ul><li>追踪历次工作与生活平衡研究以来的变化，收集有关工作与生活平衡安排的认知度、提供情况、使用情况与需求，以及雇主对推行此类安排所产生的积极效益与负面影响的看法相关数据；</li><li>为后续评估《2006年工作与家庭法案》项下的相关条款提供可靠基准；</li><li>探究与工作与生活平衡相关的其他议题，包括不同雇员群体间的举措提供与使用情况差异。</li></ul><br><b>核心议题</b>：<br><br>本数据集包含雇主针对调研问题的反馈，这些问题围绕本次研究目标设计，涵盖以下主题：<ul><li>机构基本背景信息</li><li>机构通用工作安排</li><li>机构加班情况</li><li>工作时长是否可调整</li><li>休假安排</li><li>直线经理与主管的职责</li><li>托育安排</li><li>弹性工作制与休假安排的影响</li><li>雇员征询与弹性工作制、休假安排的推广情况</li></ul>