Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWFCOMI01
LabelWhich issues are discussed by the committee(s)?
Question text Looking at the following list, which issues are discussed by the committee's)? Production issues (e.g. level of production or sales, quality of product or service); Employment issues (e.g. avoiding redundancies, reducing labour turnover); Financial issues (e.g. financial performance, budgets or budgetary cuts); Future plans or trends (e.g. general company policy, development or expansion or contraction programme); Pay issues (e.g. wage or salary reviews, bonuses, regrading); Welfare services and facilities (e.g. child care, rest rooms, car parking, canteen, recreation); Government regulation either actual or prospective (e.g. EC Directives, Local Authority regulations); Working practices (e.g. changes in traditional practices, multi-skilling labour flexibility); Equal opportunities; Training; Health and Safety issues. 1st Response
Responses
0 Exclusive code 2
1 Production issues 217
2 Employment issues 161
3 Financial issues 23
4 Future plans or trends 19
5 Pay issues 10
6 Welfare services and facilities 12
7 Government regulation either actual or potential 0
8 Working practices 8
9 Equal Opportunities 2
10 Training 2
11 Health and safety issues 23
13 Other specific answer, not codeable 1-11 1
97 Other vague answer, not codeable to 1-13 0
98 Dont know 0
99 Not answered 2
Sysmiss 436
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998
UniverseThe survey population consisted of all workplaces of firms in Great Britain with at least 10 employees, except for those in the following Standard Industrial Classification 1992 (SIC92) divisions: A (Agriculture, hunting and forestry); B (Fishing); C (Mining and quarrying); P (Private households with employed persons); and, Q (Extra-territorial organisations).;Employees;Establishments;Managers;Trade union officers;National
SamplingSimple random sample; One-stage stratified or systematic random sample;A simple random sample was used for the Survey of Employees Questionnaire (SEQ). A one-stage stratified sample was used for the cross-section sample for the Management Questionnaire (MQ).
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study