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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011

Variable Details

Variableiflexx1
LabelWorking time arrangements for employees
Question text Looking at this card, do you have any of the following working time arrangements for any employees at this workplace? Response 1
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-6 Multi-coded 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 18
1 working at or from home in normal working hours 1198
2 flexitime (where an employee has no set start or finish time 429
3 job sharing schemes (sharing a full-time job with another em 195
4 the ability to reduce working hours (e.g. switching from ful 427
5 compressed hours (i.e. working standard hours across fewer d 21
6 the ability to change set working hours (including changing 104
7 working only during school term times 35
8 none of these 253
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD I3. 1) home Working at or from home in normal working hours 2) flexi Flexi time (where an employee has no set start or finish time but an agreement to work a set number of hours per week or per month) 3) jshare Job sharing schemes (sharing a full-time job with another employee) 4) fttopt The ability to reduce working hours (e.g. switching from full-time to parttime employment) 5) compr Compressed hours (i.e. working standard hours across fewer days) 6) shift The ability to change set working hours (including changing shift pattern) 7) term Working only during school term times 8) none None of these PROBE: Which others? UNTIL 'None'. CODE ALL THAT APPLY. HELP SCREEN ‘Working at or from home’ is where an employee works some of their contracted hours from home. ‘Flexi-time’ is when an employee has the freedom to choose when they start and finish their working day, within agreed limits e.g. to be on site between 10am and noon, or 2-4pm. ‘Job sharing’ is where a full time job is divided between two or more people and they mainly work at different times. ‘Compressed hours’ means working contracted hours over a reduced number of days (e.g. a 9-day fortnight).
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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