Guidance on Assignment 2 The guidance below is to help you to get started on the assignment. The first thing you need to do is familiarise yourself with the data in the datafile. Make sure you know which questions were asked. It may take a bit of time, but it might be worthwhile copying all … Continue reading “Guidance on Assignment 2 | My Assignment Tutor”
Guidance on Assignment 2 The guidance below is to help you to get started on the assignment. The first thing you need to do is familiarise yourself with the data in the datafile. Make sure you know which questions were asked. It may take a bit of time, but it might be worthwhile copying all the questions in Column A into a document in Word. Requirements: The requirements of the assignment focus on: “……whether organisations are planning to grow or shrink their workforce, where the potential markets for new staff are seen to be, and whether a new points based immigration system would be seen as problematic in operation”. Taking each of these in turn: Whether organisations are planning to grow or shrink their workforce Which questions from the datafile will help to address this requirement? The following 2 questions should help: Q1 Is your organisation planning to recruit employees in the next THREE months? Q3 Is your organisation planning to make any redundancies during the next THREE months? Are there any other questions you think would help in answering the first question? Where the potential markets for new staff are seen to be Again, which questions will help to address this requirement? QM4 Does your organisation currently employ any EU nationals in the UK? EU nationals are people working in the UK who are citizens of another country in the European Union, including the Republic of Ireland. M3b_rc_UK Approximately what proportion of your workforce is made up of workers from each of the following countries? Please type in numbers not words e.g. ’10’ not ‘ten’. Please type in ‘0’ if none. The proportions should add to 100%. (1) – Workers born in the UK M3b_rc_EU8. Approximately what proportion of your workforce is made up of workers from each of the following countries? Please type in numbers not words e.g. ’10’ not ‘ten’. Please type in ‘0’ if none. The proportions should add to 100%. (1) – Workers born in pre-2004 EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, etc.) Are there any other questions you think would help in answering the second question? Whether a new points based immigration system would be seen as problematic in operation Again, which questions will help to address this task? The following question is rather long, but will be helpful in addressing this task: MP1. At the time of writing, the Government had recently announced how it plans to implement a points-based immigration system in the UK. From 1 January 2021, both EU and non-EU nationals will be subject to the same migration restrictions. The two key proposals are to introduce a minimum skill threshold, dependent on the occupation, of RQF Level 3 (SCQF 6 in Scotland), which is equivalent to A-level occupations and a minimum salary threshold of £25,600. There will be a lower salary threshold for some public service occupations that are subject to national pay scale, some labour shortage occupations (no less than £20,480) while new entrants will be subject to a threshold that is 30% below that of experienced workers. In addition, the government has confirmed that there will be no low-skilled or temporary route. Under the new system, some employers that wish to continue recruiting non-UK/Republic of Ireland nationals may be subject to more administration and a range of costs. These look set to include a sponsorship licence, visas (which could extend to dependents of the skilled migrant) and an Immigration skills surcharge for each worker. PeriodSmall or charitable sponsorsMedium or large sponsorsFirst 12 months£364£1,000Each additional 6 months£182£500In addition, to ensure that new arrivals to the UK contribute to the funding of the NHS, the Immigration Health Surcharge will be increased to £624. The government will also introduce a new discounted rate of £470 for children in recognition of the increased financial impact on family groups. Meanwhile the process for recruiting non-EU workers looks set to be relaxed. Key changes include the removal of the migration cap, quickening the recruitment process to 8 weeks and lowering the skill and salary thresholds from current levels. Source: CIPD 2020. To the best of your current understanding, will the new system allow your organisation to meet its recruitment needs in the UK (excluding any costs or administration associated with the new system)? The question below might also help: MP12. To the best of your knowledge, would the additional costs and/or administration associated with the UK’s new points-based immigration system affect your organisation’s decision-making about recruiting workers from overseas? Are there any other questions which can help to address the last requirement? What is the new points based immigration system? You may want to find out about it from credible sources. Tasks: You can conduct any analysis you like on the data. As a minimum, graphical representation and measures of location (mean, median, and mode) and measures of dispersion (standard deviation) would be appropriate. Where the data is grouped (examples are Q3a and Q3b_rc_UK), you will have to set out the formulae in Excel as there are no functions in Excel for mean, median, standard deviation, etc. for grouped data). Report structure: You should use a formal report structure with a table of contents, executive summary, introduction, etc. Make sure you include page numbers. Excel file: If you want, delete any questions you do not wish to discuss in the report. Your file must be nicely laid out. Use more than 1 tab if that helps, but make sure you give each tab a sensible name. Make sure you use relative and absolute addressing wherever possible, so that your work can respond to any changes in the data – you will lose marks if you don’t.
