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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 5787 Work-Life Balance Study, 2007: Employers' Survey 578710.5255/UKDA-SN-5787-1 BMRB, Social Research Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform UK Data Service 01 February 2008 JOB CHARACTERISTICSEMPLOYERSORGANIZATIONSEMPLOYEESWORKING WOMENPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTMANAGERSPROFESSIONAL PERSONNELSCIENTIFIC PERSONNELOFFICE WORKERSSKILLED WORKERSSEMI-SKILLED WORKERSUNSKILLED WORKERSSALES PERSONNELHOURS OF WORKWORKING CONDITIONSJOB SHARINGCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT CONTRACTSSHIFT WORKMATERNITY LEAVEPATERNITY LEAVEPARENTAL LEAVESOCIAL POLICYCAREER BREAKSLEAVECHILD DAY CAREFAMILIESDECISION MAKINGADVICEMOTIVATIONLABOUR RELATIONSCOSTSTRAININGOVERTIMECUSTOMER SERVICEQUALITY OF LIFELIFE SATISFACTIONDISSEMINATION OF INFORMATIONSICK LEAVEABSENTEEISMHOME-BASED WORKEMPLOYMENTWORK-LIFE BALANCEBUSINESSESWOMEN'S EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT POLICYSUPERVISORSRETIREMENTLABOUR TURNOVER Business/industrial management and organisationLabour and employmentFamily life and marriage Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.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. 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 Work-Life Balance Survey (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). 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>Main Topics: 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> March 2007 - August 200701 March 200701 August 2007 Great Britain Institutions/organisationsNational Human Resource Director or equivalent at sampled workplaces during 2007, with five or more employees. Numeric Repeated cross-sectional studySo far, the WLB survey has been repeated once every three years. Multi-stage stratified random sampleThe sample was drawn from the Inter-Departmental Business Register which is maintained by the Office for National Statistics. See documentation for further details. Telephone interview The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 5787 2024-11-28T07:26:55Z ddi:codebook:2_5