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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
| Variable | FPERF1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Any employees paid by results/merit pay(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Do any of the employees in this establishment get paid by results or receive merit pay? Response 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | PROBE: Which others? UNTIL 'None'.<p>On this card is an explanation of what we mean by payment by results and merit pay. <p>1. 'Payment by results' includes any method of payment where he pay is determined by the amount done or its value, rather than just the number of hours worked. It includes commission, and bonuses that are determined by individual, establishment or organisation productivity or performance. It does not include profit-related pay schemes.<p>2. 'Merit pay' is related to a subjective assessment of individual performance by a supervisor or manager. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Cross-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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | One-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample | ||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study |
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