This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998

Variable Details

Variablep61c
Labelmost important employment relations issu
Responses
1 Pay levels 34
2 Pay differentials 0
3 Payment systems 6
4 Minimum pay 1
5 Hours of work 21
6 Profit sharing 0
7 Fringe benefits 17
8 Staff status 1
9 Facilities 3
10 Physical work condit 6
11 Safety 12
12 Job evaluation 15
13 Pay relatives 0
14 Procedures 2
15 Equal opportunities 4
16 Employee representat 0
17 Level of union membe 1
18 Union negotiating ri 2
19 Changes in negotiati 3
20 Closed shop 0
21 Anti-union attitude 0
22 Union participation 0
23 Adherence to procedu 0
24 Interpretation of ag 0
25 Union membership dro 0
26 Trade union duties 0
27 Strike 4
28 Training of worker r 0
29 Cooperation between 0
30 1984 Trade Union Act 0
31 1980 Employment Act- 0
32 1980 Employment Act- 0
33 1975 Employment Prot 0
34 Government of EC Reg 0
35 Equal Opportunities 1
36 1982 Employment Act- 0
37 1982 Employment Act- 0
38 Employment Act 0
39 1988 Emplyment Act 0
40 Economic situation g 1
41 Survival of establis 6
42 Level of grants 3
43 Level of orders 7
44 Capital investment 1
45 Economic performance 1
46 Employment of women 3
47 Use of contract staf 1
48 Dilutees 0
49 Retraining 8
50 Recruitment 13
51 Demarcation 7
52 Inadequate managemen 1
53 Productivity 21
54 New technology 8
55 Working methods-unsp 15
56 Replacement of equip 1
57 Quality of product 4
58 Trade union power 0
59 Employee consultatio 13
60 Job security 2
61 Morale 6
62 Lack of cooperation 0
63 Discipline 1
64 Absenteeism 1
65 Restructuring at hig 4
66 Change of location 5
67 Change of ownership 5
68 Membership of employ 0
69 Industrial action 0
70 Privatisation 7
71 Not important issues 0
72 Other specific 4
97 Other vague 0
98 DK 0
99 NA 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.