To "gauge the current level of workers' voice in the workplace and the factors affecting voice," DOL is accepting public comments on its proposed survey regarding information on workers' rights until Feb. 10, 2012. DOL's voice in the workplace survey, which addressed a worker's ability to gain and understand information on their workplace rights. The agency says it, "hopes to learn how voice is related to workers' perceptions of employer noncompliance," and that "the study will also be useful in examining how noncompliance in one area, such as safety, is related to voice in the workplace and noncompliance in another area, such as wages."
According to DOL, comments can be sent to Celeste Richie in the Chief Evaluation Office of the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Labor Department,
Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210; by
e-mail to richie.celeste.j@dol.gov; or by fax number to (202) 693-5960.
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