The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published results from the second wave of the adult social care workforce survey assessing the work-related quality of life and wellbeing of the sector.
Labour backbenchers do not believe that employers are best placed to identify the education and skills the UK needs, according to a major survey published today.
Just under half of Liberal Democrats believe limited skills in the UK workforce are constraining employers from producing more complex products or better services, according to new research from the MORI Reputation Centre. The same proportion disagrees.
MORI Social Research Institute and The Work Foundation have launched the first Workers' Index, the start of an ongoing series to monitor trends in the workplace. The results show that more workers in the private sector than in the public sector believe that their organisations know where they are going and feel pride in what their organisation delivers to customers and clients.
There is considerable public demand for restrictions on smoking in workplaces and public places in South Yorkshire, according to a MORI Social Research Institute survey.
According to a survey conducted by MORI on behalf of BT, 77% of IT directors questioned at financial services firms in the USA, continental Europe and the UK do not know, or cannot calculate, the total cost of ownership (TCO) for their current message management infrastructure. This is despite the growing reliance on electronic communication channels.
Only a third (34%) of UK employees view their manager as a role model, according to research by MORI on behalf of Investors In People. Among those who regard their boss as a role model, managers are much more likely to adopt inclusive methods such as consulting staff during decision making (85%), sharing information (82%) and developing ideas and plans (81%).
Many of Britain's top business people showed signs of ambition whilst still at school, according to new research from MORI. The survey has been released as part of the DDI's report 'The Leading Edge: Leadership potential from the classroom to the boardroom'. Among the 105 business leaders interviewed by MORI, 70% had been school prefects, half (50%) had captained their sports teams, almost a third (30%) had been heads or deputy heads of school and a similar number had been leaders of youth groups outside school such as the Scouts or Brownies.
One in five working adults speak to their boss's boss less than once a year, and one in five also want to work for smaller companies, according to the latest MORI research on the British working population. Professionals (those in social classes A and B) are the most likely to want to work for a smaller employer.
More fathers would take up paternity leave if the rate of pay was increased, according to new research from MORI. The project, commissioned by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Hammonds law firm, shows fewer than half of fathers with children aged 16 and under (46%) say they would take paternity leave paid at the current flat rate of around £100 per week if they were to become a father again.
