Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998

Variable Details

Variableyvisyr_1
LabelWhat would you say have been the most import
Responses
1 Pay levels 87
2 Pay differentials 3
3 Payment systems 27
4 Short time working or guaranteed minimum pay 3
5 Hours of work 44
6 Profit sharing/share ownership scheme 7
7 Fringe benefits 22
8 Staff status 13
9 Facilities 5
10 Physical working conditions 12
11 Safety 14
12 Grading of jobs/job evaluation 9
13 Pay relativities/comparisons with employees outside establis 2
14 Procedures (new or existing) 5
15 Equal opportunities 2
16 Employee representation - not union 1
17 Level of union membership 0
18 Union negotiating rights/management recognition 2
19 Changes in negotiating or bargaining structure 8
20 Closed shop/union membership arrangement 0
21 Anti-union attitude by management 0
22 Union participation in health and safety committee procedure 0
23 Adherence to existing procedures 0
24 Interpretation of national or industry agreements 1
25 Union membership dropping 1
26 Time off for Trade Union duties 0
27 Strike/industrial action 2
28 Training of worker representatives 0
29 Lack of co-operation between unions 0
30 Employment legislation, specified or not 3
31 Other legislation 1
32 Economic situation generally 1
33 Survival or closure of establishment 3
34 Level of grants or subsidies or cuts in these 7
35 Level of orders/demand for products or services 56
36 Capital investment 3
37 Economic performance/profitability 8
38 Employment of women or new categories of worker 0
39 Use of agency or contract staff 7
40 Dilutees/maintenance of craft/apprenticeship system 0
41 Retraining/redeployment within establishment 23
42 Recruitment/shortage/retention of staff generally 10
43 Demarcation and flexibility 10
44 Inadequate management 1
45 Productivity/Manning levels/efficiency 40
46 New technology 6
47 Production/working methods 52
48 Replacement/refurbishment of existing equipment/materials/to 2
49 Quality of product or service 3
50 Trade Union power 0
51 Employee consultation 24
52 Job security 13
53 Morale 14
54 Lack of co-operation between management and unions 1
55 Discipline 5
56 Absenteeism 11
57 Restructuring of higher levels of organisation 31
58 Change of location of establishment 20
59 Change of ownership/denationalisation 37
60 Membership of Employers Association or Federation 0
61 Industrial action for political purposes 0
62 Privatisation - hiving off services 2
63 No important issues 65
64 Investors in People 12
65 Other specific answer 91
97 Other vague answer 8
98 Don0t know 3
99 Not answered 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998