Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998

Variable Details

Variableyvisyr_5
LabelWhat would you say have been the most import
Responses
1 Pay levels 0
2 Pay differentials 0
3 Payment systems 0
4 Short time working or guaranteed minimum pay 0
5 Hours of work 0
6 Profit sharing/share ownership scheme 0
7 Fringe benefits 0
8 Staff status 0
9 Facilities 0
10 Physical working conditions 0
11 Safety 0
12 Grading of jobs/job evaluation 0
13 Pay relativities/comparisons with employees outside establis 0
14 Procedures (new or existing) 0
15 Equal opportunities 0
16 Employee representation - not union 0
17 Level of union membership 0
18 Union negotiating rights/management recognition 0
19 Changes in negotiating or bargaining structure 0
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 0
25 Union membership dropping 0
26 Time off for Trade Union duties 0
27 Strike/industrial action 0
28 Training of worker representatives 0
29 Lack of co-operation between unions 0
30 Employment legislation, specified or not 0
31 Other legislation 0
32 Economic situation generally 0
33 Survival or closure of establishment 0
34 Level of grants or subsidies or cuts in these 0
35 Level of orders/demand for products or services 0
36 Capital investment 0
37 Economic performance/profitability 0
38 Employment of women or new categories of worker 0
39 Use of agency or contract staff 0
40 Dilutees/maintenance of craft/apprenticeship system 0
41 Retraining/redeployment within establishment 0
42 Recruitment/shortage/retention of staff generally 0
43 Demarcation and flexibility 0
44 Inadequate management 0
45 Productivity/Manning levels/efficiency 0
46 New technology 1
47 Production/working methods 0
48 Replacement/refurbishment of existing equipment/materials/to 0
49 Quality of product or service 0
50 Trade Union power 0
51 Employee consultation 0
52 Job security 0
53 Morale 0
54 Lack of co-operation between management and unions 0
55 Discipline 0
56 Absenteeism 0
57 Restructuring of higher levels of organisation 0
58 Change of location of establishment 0
59 Change of ownership/denationalisation 0
60 Membership of Employers Association or Federation 0
61 Industrial action for political purposes 0
62 Privatisation - hiving off services 0
63 No important issues 0
64 Investors in People 0
65 Other specific answer 0
97 Other vague answer 0
98 Don0t know 0
99 Not answered 0
Sysmiss 845
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Panel Survey, 1990-1998