consultation stakeholders; reference addressed stakeholder focus on patterns of work and life, and group established and concerns and built on workers in participation in vocational contributed to research their experience non-residential education and training: a design; policy aged care, discussion starter, Pocock, roundtable with key retail and food March 2009 (NCVER) stakeholders held processing industries New survey Purpose-designed Apply a work–life lens Work–life, and workplace study representative survey to examine patterns of flexibility: the Australian of 2748 Australian participation in Work and Life Index 2009, workers about education and training Pocock, Skinner & Ichii, participation in and perceptions of 2009 (Published by the education and training future participation Centre for Work+Life) and work–life including Work–life issues and AWALI work–life participation in education measures. and training, Skinner, 2009 (NCVER) Qualitative Qualitative investigation Consult workers, Juggling work, home and study conducted 2008–09 employers, educators, learning in low-paid (Vic. food processing; industry spokespeople occupations: a qualitative – WA retail; Qld about experiences in study, Pocock, Elton, Green, – – aged care; workplaces and in McMahon & Pritchard, 2011 SA retail and educational (NCVER) – aged care) organisations Second Consultations with 24 Ensure research Refinement of industry individuals from findings addressed final report consultation government, industry, stakeholder concerns VET, social inclusion and incorporated their experts focusing on experience findings and policy options; second policy roundtable held Overview Analysis of all reports Summarises all above Work, life and VET and data (literature participation amongst review, statistical paid workers (this report), analysis, focus groups, Pocock, Skinner, McMahon interviews & policy and Pritchard, 2011 (NCVER roundtables) monograph) Context: work and life and study in low-paid occupations This research reveals a system of work, VET and work–life interaction that affects the experiences of lower-paid workers. These interactions and the institutions and social norms that condition them can be changed for the better, as previous research (Rainbird 2007) and the examination of diverse experiences in different institutional settings through this research shows. Positive change can be created by arrangements in the workplace, the family and household, VET institutions, the regulatory and funding systems for VET, the regulation of work, and the behaviour of employers and unions. This report explores how.
consultation stakeholders; reference group established and contributed to research design; policy roundtable with key stakeholders held addressed stakeholder concerns and built on their experience focus on workers in non-residential aged care, retail and food processing industries patterns of work and life, and participation in vocational education and training: a discussion starter, Pocock, March 2009 (NCVER) New survey study Purpose-designed representative survey of 2748 Australian workers about participation in education and training and work–life including AWALI work–life measures. Apply a work–life lens to examine patterns of participation in education and training and perceptions of future participation Work–life, and workplace flexibility: the Australian Work and Life Index 2009, Pocock, Skinner & Ichii, 2009 (Published by the Centre for Work+Life) Work–life issues and participation in education and training, Skinner, 2009 (NCVER) Qualitative study Qualitative investigation conducted 2008–09 (Vic. – food processing; WA – retail; Qld – aged care; SA – retail and aged care) Consult workers, employers, educators, industry spokespeople about experiences in workplaces and in educational organisations Juggling work, home and learning in low-paid occupations: a qualitative study, Pocock, Elton, Green, McMahon & Pritchard, 2011 (NCVER) Second industry consultation Consultations with 24 individuals from government, industry, VET, social inclusion experts focusing on findings and policy options; second policy roundtable held Ensure research findings addressed stakeholder concerns and incorporated their experience Refinement of final report Overview Analysis of all reports and data (literature review, statistical analysis, focus groups, interviews & policy roundtables) Summarises all above Work, life and VET participation amongst workers (this report), Pocock, Skinner, McMahon and Pritchard, 2011 (NCVER monograph) Context: work and life and study in low-paid occupations This research reveals a system of work, VET and work–life interaction that affects the experiences of lower-paid workers. These interactions and the institutions and social norms that condition them can be changed for the better, as previous research (Rainbird 2007) and the examination of diverse experiences in different institutional settings through this research shows. Positive change can be created by arrangements in the workplace, the family and household, VET institutions, the regulatory and funding systems for VET, the regulation of work, and the behaviour of employers and unions. This report explores how. paid