Britons see civil servants as bureaucratic, political and stuck in their ways, but also professional. Few see them as lazy – but few seem them as innovative or accessible either.
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.
More than three-quarters of workers in the UK are happy in their current job, with 34% strongly agreeing that they are, according to new research conducted by MORI on behalf of Randstad.
Many parents who are employed when they become single parents are not able to balance work and home life in the way they would like, according to research by the MORI Social Research Institute.
MORI Social Research Institute conducted The 2002/03 Childcare & Early Years Workforce Survey on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills. The Survey tracks changes in the workforce since 2001 among different kinds of provision in the childcare sector and collects baseline data for the early years sector for the first time.
MORI's new report — commissioned by IDeA — is now available. The report reviews council staff satisfaction in relation to CPA-ratings. It indicates that employees working for CPA-rated 'excellent' and 'good' authorities seem the most satisfied. A logical conclusion maybe, but the survey uncovers several underlying reasons why this is the case.
New research by MORI for Microsoft has shown that eight in 10 GB workers (79%) reject the traditional blue collar/white collar job descriptions, preferring to define themselves by specialist skills and job functions instead.
