Experience of Industrial Tribunals/Dismissal, 1978

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The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of dismissed workers and their ex-employers who had been involved in an application for unfair dismissal to an industrial tribunal, whether or not the case was eventually heard by a tribunal.

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Variables Characteristics of parties; advice and representation, knowledge of and views about conciliation stage, the role of Acas and whether settlement was offered; details of Tribunal hearings, perceived effects of representation; role of Tribunal members, assessment of fairness; overall assessment of Tribunal system, cost and time involved effects on policy and practice.

One-stage cluster sample

Face-to-face interview

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1871-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=d18a282a153fcbe0c636f5e1f276e538a3665c1715ab7678bbccb15451925fad
Provenance
Creator Dickens, L., University of Warwick, Industrial Relations Research Unit
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1983
Funding Reference Economic and Social Research Council; Leverhulme Trust
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Representation
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline History; Humanities; Jurisprudence; Law; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage East Anglia; Greater London; Strathclyde; West Yorkshire; England; Scotland