Recession has had huge impact on workplaces and employees, report finds

date: 22 January 2013

embargo: 00.01hrs Wednesday 23 January 2013

Commenting on today's (Wednesday) 2011/2012 Workplace Employment Relations Study which highlights how workplaces have suffered during the recession TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

'Unlike previous downturns, this recession has hit almost every employer across the private and public sectors. As long as our economy fails to grow, wages that fail to keep up with prices, job insecurity, redundancies and increased workloads will be the new normal in Britain's workplaces.

'In such difficult times it is even more important that people have a voice at work, and it is good to see that there has been no decline in the number of workplaces where there is an employee representative such as a union rep.'

NOTES TO EDITORS:

- The Workplace Employment Relations Study is issued by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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