3.9.13

PCS All-member Survey on hours, workloads and Work-life Balance

The following has been provided by the PCS Equality, Pay and Policy Department:

Over-worked? Not enough time?
Under pressure? Want your life back?

Complete our online survey today!


As part of major research project with Keele University PCS is conducting a major online survey of our members on:
  • Working hours
  • Workloads and their implications for work-life balance
The anonymous survey will be online from 19 August to 30 September 2013 and takes between 15 and 20 minutes to complete.

Background
The impact of job losses and restructuring across the civil service and the public sector as a result of the Government’s austerity measures are having a huge impact on member’s lives both at work and at home.

Our survey will gather information about the impact on members’ working lives and work-life balance as a result of:
  • cuts in the workplace that have already happened
  • proposed downgrades to terms and conditions.
Building on earlier work
We're working with Dr Steve French from the Employment Policy and Equalities Research Group at Keele to run the survey. A similar study by the researchers at Keele, was undertaken in 2007. This new follow-up survey has additional questions on proposed changes to terms and conditions initiated by the Cabinet Office as part of the civil service reform agenda. It will allow a major comparative analysis and provide evidence of the effects of the austerity and public sector cuts, which PCS will be able to use as part of our national campaign and in negotiations.

Get involved If you're a PCS member complete the survey today.

If you'd like the survey in an alternative format contact equality@pcs.org.uk

Tell us your story
We're always after case studies for PCS magazine articles or other communications. If you'd like to tell us your story we'd love to hear from you - email David Tilley or Jonathan Lovett.

Count Me In
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