WRAAK/ Voice in the Workplace Pilot Study Follow-up Briefing to OMB

 

Agenda

• Background and Progress Update 

• Overview/Highlights of Key Takeaways 

• Recommended Changes/Updates 

• Questions/Next Steps 

 

Background and Progress Update

• Main objective: Develop a survey to gauge worker voice and to understand the factors affecting voice. 

• Initial OMB PRA approval on August  27, 2012 

• Pilot study: 800 currently working U.S. adults 

• • –Conducted September 18 through November 7, 2012 

  • –Survey modules randomly assigned  

  • –Average survey time 17.4 minutes 

 

Key Takeaways

• Developed an index for worker voice 

• • –Consist of two sub-indices: perceived voice and actual voice 

• Refined estimates on incidence  

• Population estimates for those who have experienced/witnessed a health/safety or WHD violation 

• Question Item Consistency 

• Overall survey length and timing 

 

Recommended Changes

• Survey length  

• • –Omitted total of 9 questions: Q9, Q25E, Q25F, Q31, Q32, Q24B_1,Q24B_2, Q30_1,Q31_1  

• Revised screener question to allow for BEST employment option 

• • –Question: S2 

 

Questions/Next Steps