Ipsos research on flexible contracts
Workers on temporary or zero hours contracts think they are less likely to have opportunities to develop their career than colleagues on permanent contracts, new Ipsos research has found.
Workers on temporary or zero hours contracts think they are less likely to have opportunities to develop their career than colleagues on permanent contracts, new Ipsos research has found.
The findings, carried out on behalf of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, show only three in five (58%) of people on temporary contracts who had received training in the past 3 months had it paid for by their employer, compared to 74% of permanent workers.
Those on flexible contracts often had to train themselves – with 17% of those on zero hour contracts paying for their own training, and 5% relying on their family to meet the cost.
The survey was instigated as part of the work being carried out by UKCES’ HR Leaders Advisory Panel – which brings together leading figures in HR from companies across the country to give an employer perspective on work being carried out by the UK Commission.
Technical note
The research consisted of a survey of 2000 adults aged 16 to 64 (including 1000 on temporary or zero hours contracts, 924 in permanent contracts and 76 unemployed seeking work) across the UK from Ipsos’s online panel. Fieldwork took place 6 - 18 December 2013.More insights about Public Sector
