Interview participant information leaflet
Participant Information Sheet
Fair Work: how can employer coordination and industry leadership structures best progress the Fair Work agenda?
A downloadable version of this leaflet is available here
Researchers:
Melanie Simms, Michael MacNeil, University of Glasgow
Trine Larsen, Philip Taylor and Katharina Sarter (IER)
You are being invited to take part in a research study. Before you decide to take part, it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what it will involve. Please read the following information carefully and discuss it with others if you wish. Ask the researcher(s) if there is anything that is not clear or if you would like more information. Take some time to decide whether or not you wish to take part.
Participation in the study is voluntary and will entail an interview of around one hour. Its purpose is to conduct research into the future role of employer coordination in supporting Fair Work. Funding to conduct this research has been provided by the Scottish Government.
Participants’ personal details will be kept confidential by giving each participant a pseudonym which is protected by the project team.
Confidentiality Statement
Please note that assurances on confidentiality will be strictly adhered to unless evidence of wrongdoing or potential harm is uncovered. In such cases the University may be obliged to contact relevant statutory bodies/agencies
Data collected will be used to produce conference papers, journals etc. It will be stored as a Word document after the research team has checked the transcript of the interview. It will be stored on servers at the University of Warwick and will be destroyed 10 years after the project has completed.
This project has been approved by the College of Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee
The study has also been reviewed and given favourable opinion by the University of Warwick’s Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC): 163/25-26
Please contact socsci-ethics-lead@glasgow.ac.uk or trine.larsen@warwick.ac.uk if you would like to raise any concerns about the conduct of the above research project.
Thank you for reading this.
Trine Larsen
Privacy notice
Your Personal Data
The University of Glasgow and University of Warwick will be what’s known as the ‘Joint Data Controllers’ of your personal data processed in relation to your participation in the . This privacy notice will explain how The University of Glasgow and University of Warwick will process your personal data.
Why we need it
We are collecting your basic personal data such as your gender and role responsibilities.
Legal basis for processing your data
We must have a legal basis for processing all personal data. In this instance, the legal basis is your consent to process this data.
What we do with it and who we share it with
All the personal data you submit is processed by staff at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and University of Warwick.
In addition access to your data in the form of a Word transcription of the interview we undertake with you will be pseudonymised, and stored on servers at the two Universities accessed by the project team via password protected accounts.
How long do we keep it for
Your data will be retained by the University for 10 years after the end date of the project. After this time, your data will be securely deleted.
*Please note that the ability to exercise these rights will vary and depend on the legal basis on which the processing is being carried out.
Who should I contact if I wish to make a complaint?
Any complaint about the way you have been dealt with during the study or any possible harm you might have suffered will be addressed.Please address your complaint to the person below, who is a senior University of Warwick official entirely independent of this study:
Head of Research Governance
Research & Impact Services
University House
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 8UW
Email: researchgovernance@warwick.ac.uk
Tel: 02476 575733
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer who will investigate the matter: DPO@warwick.ac.uk.
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data in a way that is not lawful you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Thank you for taking the time to read this Participant Information Leaflet