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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

VariableHOTHAC04
LabelWho can accompany employee at disciplinary hearing (4)
Question text In any disciplinary meeting or hearing, who is allowed to accompany an employee? Response 4
Responses
1 Friend or family member 3
2 Trade union representative/shop steward 2
3 Full-time union official 4
4 Other employee representative 218
5 A work colleague 342
6 Supervisor/ line manager/ foreman 96
7 Solicitor or other legal representative 26
8 Someone else 9
9 Anyone they choose 7
10 No accompaniment allowed 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'.
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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