Employee satisfaction and commitment to their place of work has significantly increased according to the Government’s press release following the publication of the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study: First Findings, which was last run in 2004. The study explores the current state of workplace relations and covers a wide range of issues such as the relationship between employer and employee, work life balance, equality and diversity, training, pay and working hours, based on research carried out in 2,680 workplaces between March 2011 and June 2012. Report highlights include: (i) job satisfaction levels have increased: 20% of employees in 2011 were satisfied or very satisfied with all aspects of their job measured, compared to 16% in 2004; and (ii) since 2004 employees’ levels of commitment to the organisation in which they work increased, up from 55% in 2004 to 65% in 2011.
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