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 Employment Relations Survey: Time-Series Dataset, 1980-2004

Variable Details

Variabletpaydet2
LabelPrincipal locus of pay determination
Responses
1 Multi-employer bargaining 668
2 Multi-site bargaining 624
3 W/place-level bargaining 253
4 Other 0
5 DK; all bg units surveyed 5
6 DK; some units not surveyed 95
7 External body 364
8 Higher in organisation 981
9 Estab-level 1074
10 Other 0
11 DK; low coverage 0
12 Recog but DK coverage 93
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employment Relations Survey: Time-Series Dataset, 1980-2004
UniverseFor data files wirsts10 and wirsts25 respectively, the survey population is all British workplaces and employees in those workplaces with at least 10 or at least 25 employees except for those in the following Standard Industrial Classification (1992) divisions: A (Agriculture, hunting and forestry); B (Fishing); C (Mining and quarrying); P (Private households with employed persons); and, Q (Extra-territorial organisations).;Establishments;Managers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; data are taken from four cross-sectional WIRS/WERS surveys
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.