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WERS 1998 now available on the web
Results from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey are now available online. This vast database provides some fascinating details on a broad range of industrial relations and employment practices across almost every sector of the economy in Britain.
The service offers free access to a wealth of information on payment systems and pay determination (section F).
Survey details
Title: The 1998 workplace employee relations survey
Sample size: Managers and worker representatives in over 3,000 workplaces were interviewed about all aspects of employment relations in their workplace. Nearly 30,000 employees in those workplace completed a questionnaire.
Business sectors: In broad terms, the scope of the survey extends to cover all but the smallest workplaces in Great Britain. It covers both public and private sectors and almost all areas of industry.
Analysis: The primary analysis of WERS 1998 was published by Routledge in two volumes:
Britain at work: as depicted by the 1998 workplace employee relations survey, by Mark Cully, Stephen Woodland, Andrew O’ Reilly and Gill Dix.
All change at work? British employment relations 1980-1998, as portrayed by the workplace industrial relations series, by Neil Millward, Alex Bryson and John Forth.
Want to know more?
Users can access this online service at www.niesr.ac.uk/niesr/wers98/index.htm