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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2

Variable Details

VariableYifmoff
LabelHow time off at short notice taken
Question text If an employee needed to take time off at short notice to deal with an emergency involving a child or family member, how would they usually take this time off?
Responses
1 Take time off but make it up later 162
2 As leave without pay 138
3 As sick leave 17
4 As special paid leave 319
5 As annual leave 166
6 Not allowed/would not be granted 0
7 Never been asked 5
8 Other (please specify) 123
9 As statutory miniumum / legal minimum (VOLUNTEERED) 8
10 Depends on individual/circumstances 0
12 Combinations of 1 & 2: UNPAID 0
13 Combinations of 3, 4 & 5: PAID 0
14 Combinations of 1, 2 & 5: INDIVIDUAL DECIDES 0
15 Other combinations: OTHER MULTIPLE ANSWERS 0
95 Other specific answer. EDITOR: PLEASE USE CODES ABOVE IF POS 0
96 Vague/irrelevant answer 0
97 EDITOR CANNOT DEAL WITH 0
-9 DK/NA 0
-1 Not asked 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE: Which others? UNTIL 'None'.
UniverseCross-section survey: all establishments in Britain with five or more employees and operating in Sections D-O of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2003). The panel element was conducted with managers from establishments that had taken part in the WERS 98 cross-section management survey.;Employees;Establishments;Managers;Trade union officers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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