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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

VariableFSOC8
LabelWhich of the following statements most closely characterises the way that pay is set for process, plant, machine operatives, drivers?
Question text Which of the following statements most closely characterises the way that pay is set for process, plant and machine operatives and drivers?
Responses
1 Collective bargaining for more than one employer (e.g. indus 821
2 Collective bargaining at an organisation level 742
3 Collective bargaining at this workplace 1190
4 Set by management at a higher level in this organisation 980
5 Set by management at this workplace 2281
6 Negotiation with individual employees 101
7 Independent Pay Review Body 106
8 Some other way (please describe in a note) 46
-9 Refusal 13
-8 Don't Know 73
-1 Not applicable 16098
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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