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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011

Variable Details

Variablefsoc7
LabelApproach for setting pay of sales and customer service employees
Question text Which of the following statements most closely characterises the way that pay is set for Sales and customer service employees?
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 6
-6 Multi-coded 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 1773
1 collective bargaining for more than one employer (e.g. indus 69
2 collective bargaining at an organisation level 78
3 collective bargaining at this workplace 33
4 set by management at a higher level in this organisation 335
5 set by management at this workplace 309
6 negotiation with individual employees 40
7 independent pay review body 17
8 some other way (please specify) 20
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD F10. 1) NATIONAL Collective bargaining for more than one employer (e.g. industry-wide agreement) 2) ORGANIS Collective bargaining at an organisation level 3) WORKPLA Collective bargaining at this workplace 4) MANAWORK Set by management at a higher level in this organisation 5) MANAHIGH Set by management at this workplace 6) INDIVID Negotiation with individual employees 7) PAYREV Independent Pay Review Body 8) OTHER Some other way (please specify FSOC8OTH) If 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.
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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