Job Separations : a Survey of Workers Who Have Recently Left an Employer, 2001-2002

UKDA study number:5145

Principal Investigator

Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division

Sponsor

Department of Trade and Industry

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

April 2005

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Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division, Job Separations : a Survey of Workers Who Have Recently Left an Employer, 2001-2002 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], April 2005. SN: 5145, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5145-1

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5145 . Job Separations : a Survey of Workers Who Have Recently Left an Employer, 2001-2002

Depositor:

Department of Trade and Industry. Employment Relations

Principal Investigator:

Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division

Sponsor:

Department of Trade and Industry

Abstract:

The Job Separations Survey was a small ad hoc survey carried out by the Office of National Statistics on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry during 2001-2002. The main objectives of the survey were to provide a statistically representative picture of employees experience of dismissal and redundancy and the use of grievance procedures. The number of applications to Employment Tribunals saw a steady rise until the end of 2001. In the first half of 2002, applications fell, but the number still exceeded 100,000. However, information on the nature of dismissals and other involuntary job changes is limited, and there was a need to discover how readily employees resort to conciliation procedures and tribunals, and whether potential tribunal cases are dealt with by internal grievance procedures or other means. Another reason for the survey was a desire to explore the reasons behind discrepancies between employer and employee data in this area.

The survey was based on Wave 5 Labour Force Survey (LFS) respondents who had been interviewed between December 2000 and November 2001.

Main Topics:

Topics covered included respondents experiences with dismissal and termination of employment; whether they had received advice or trade union help; whether the case had been referred to Employment Tribunal; whether they had received or felt they were entitled to any money or pension payments; employment history before and after the termination of the job in question; and demographic details such as age, gender, social class, occupational status, ethnic group and household composition.

Standard Measures:
SIC (Standard Industrial Classification).
SOC (Standard Occupational Classification).

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: June 2001 - April 2002
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions (GORs)
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Adults in the United Kingdom who had recently left a job, during 2001-2002

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
drawn from Wave 5 Labour Force Survey (LFS) respondents who had been interviewed between December 2000 and November 2001.
Number of Units: Target: 1648. Obtained: 1263.
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for details

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

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Date of First Release:

18 April 2005

Copyright:

Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland

File last updated:

4 January 2012