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This dataset explores employers' skill formation practices, including their skill needs, recruitment practices, training and other employee related activities. Users requiring the WIRS data to accompany this dataset should order SN:2858 <i>Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1990</i>.

Main Topics:

Characteristics of different occupational groups; training and recruitment activities; skill shortages and recruitment difficulties; labour turnover; types of employee sought; characteristics of the workplace.

Sample of workplaces were drawn from Census of Employment for Third Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS 3) to be representative of employers across all size bands. All WIRS 3 respondents (c96%) who said they did not mind being recontacted were asked to participate in EMSPS.

Face-to-face interview