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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011

Variable Details

Variablewfindax2
LabelForms of industrial action at this workplace during the last 12 months
Question text I am going to read out different forms of industrial action. Can you tell me if any of these have taken place at this workplace during the last 12 months? Response 2
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-6 Multi-coded 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 877
1 strikes of less than 1 day 0
2 strikes of a day or more 25
3 employees banning or restricting the overtime that they work 66
4 work to rule 27
5 other industrial action (for example, go slow, sit in) 7
6 none of these 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011
UniverseWorkplaces in Great Britain with five or more employees, excluding workplaces in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining and quarrying.;Establishments;Trade union officers;Employees;Managers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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