Study title

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The aims of the project were to:

• describe and explain both the redundancy process and the labour market mobility of redundant dockers under different local labour market conditions;
• link the process of redundancy to the process of labour market mobility and to examine the disfunctionality between the two;
• examine and evaluate the social and economic costs of the Dock Labour Compensation Scheme (DLCS)
• examine the process of re-employment of redundant dockers in the ports and to assess the extent of casual and temporary employment.

Main Topics:

Topics covered include

• employment in the docks prior to abolition;
• employment and apprenticeships prior to employment in the docks;
• personal characteristics and circumstances;
• trade union membership;
• psychological impact of deregulation;
• type of redundancy (compulsory, voluntary), redundancy compensation offer;
• experience of redundancy for those made redundant; reasons for redundancy for those made redundant;
• experience of, and reasons for, remaining in the docks for those not made redundant;
• 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;