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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

VariableFSHARE3
LabelCompany employee share schemes (3)
Question text Does this company operate any of the employee share schemes listed on this card for any of the employees at this workplace? Response 3
Responses
1 Share Incentive Plan (SIP) 3
2 Save As You Earn (SAYE or Sharesave) 0
3 Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) 3
4 Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) 47
5 Other employee share scheme 15
6 None of these 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 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'.<br><br> 1 Share Incentive Plan (SIP) – a tax and NIC advantaged plan where employees can purchase shares and companies can give employees free shares or matching shares.<br> 2 Save As You Earn (SAYE or Sharesave) share options scheme – tax advantaged scheme where employees save to purchase their employer’s shares.<br> 3 Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) - where smaller companies can grant up to a total of £3 million of tax and NIC advantaged share options to their employees.<br> 4 Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) – where companies can grant each of their employees up to £30,000 of tax and NIC advantaged share options.<br> 5 Other employee share scheme.
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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