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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

VariableFSOC1
LabelWhich of the following statements most closely characterises the way that pay is set for managers and senior officals?
Question text Which of the following statements most closely characterises the way that pay is set for managers and senior officials?
Responses
1 Collective bargaining for more than one employer (e.g. indus 2531
2 Collective bargaining at an organisation level 1867
3 Collective bargaining at this workplace 508
4 Set by management at a higher level in this organisation 6984
5 Set by management at this workplace 6090
6 Negotiation with individual employees 1405
7 Independent Pay Review Body 1290
8 Some other way (please describe in a note) 281
-9 Refusal 10
-8 Don't Know 131
-1 Not applicable 1354
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset
Interviewer InstructionsIf respondent says 'National Minimum Wage' please ask 'Who decides to set employees' pay at the NMW (e.g. managers at this workplace) and code accordingly.
UniverseAll establishments in Britain with five or more employees and operating in Sections D-O of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2003).;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. This study is taken from WERS 2004 which is the fifth in the survey series, with previous surveys carried out in 1980, 1984, 1990 and 1998.
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