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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

VariableJREDREA9
LabelMain reasons for redundancies (9)
Question text You mentioned at the beginning of the interview (that ZREDUND/that some) employees had been made redundant from this establishment in the last 12 months. What have been the main reasons for the redundancies? Response 9
Responses
1 Lack of demand for products/services 0
2 Shortage of materials 0
3 Automation/mechanisation/new equipment 0
4 Reorganised working methods 0
5 Improved competitiveness/efficiency/cost reduction 0
6 Merger with another establishment or organisation 0
7 Industrial disputes 0
8 Reductions in budget/cash limits 0
9 Some other reason (please specify) 0
10 Subcontracting of work 0
11 Impending closure of establishment 0
12 Relocation of work to another site 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 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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