| 1. |
How many workers does your
business currently employ? (Please include all workers - full-time,
part-time and casual staff) (Please insert numbers)
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| 2. |
How many workers in your
business are: (Please insert numbers)
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| 3. |
What proportion of your
employees are from an ethnic minority? (Please tick one box)
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| 4. |
Has the National Minimum
Wage affected your business in any way?
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| 5. |
What has happened to your
TOTAL pay bill as a result of the National Minimum Wage?
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| 6. |
Have you increased the
pay rates of higher grade staff (e.g. supervisors) to maintain pay differentials
as a result of the National Minimum Wage?
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| 7. |
Has the National Minimum
Wage led to any of the following benefits for your business?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)
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| 8. |
As a result of the National
Minimum Wage, have you taken any of the following actions?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)
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9.
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Has the National Minimum
Wage led to any of the following in your business?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)
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10.
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Did the increase in the
Development Rate from £3.00 to £3.20 in June 2000 affect your business
in any of the following ways? (The Development Rate applies to workers
aged 18-21)
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)
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11.
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Has the increase in the
full National Minimum Wage from £3.60 to £3.70 in October 2000 affected
your business in any of the following ways? (The full rate applies
to workers aged 22 and over)
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)
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| 12. |
Do you have age-related
pay structures?
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| 13. |
At what age is a worker
entitled to your full adult rate?
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| 14. |
Enter the current minimum
hourly rates for workers in each of the following age groups in your
business. If you have no workers in any age band please leave blank.
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| 15. |
There could be a number
of reasons why employers have age-related pay structures. Some of these
are listed below. Please tick which, if any, are applicable in your
case.
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| 16. |
If there are no age-related
pay structures, what other factors account for differences in your workers'
hourly pay? (Please tick any that apply)
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| 17. |
Do you make use of the
Development Rate for workers aged 18-21 (i.e. pay less than £3.70 but
at least £3.20)?
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| 18. |
Which of the following
benefits, if any, has the Development Rate for workers aged 18-21 provided
for your company? (Please tick all that apply)
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| 19. |
Do you make use of the
Development Rate for workers aged 22 and over (i.e. pay less than £3.70
but at least £3.20)?
This Development Rate is
for workers receiving accredited training in their first six months
with a new employer.
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| 20. |
Has the Development Rate
for workers aged 22+ enabled you to improve the amount of training or
quality of training you provide?
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| 21. |
Has the introduction of
the National Minimum Wage made you more likely to employ workers exempt
from the minimum wage or who can be paid a lower Development Rate?
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| 22. |
We would find helpful any
other comments that you might have about your experience of the National
Minimum Wage, including details of any changes to contracts made as
a result of it. Please put these on a separate sheet. All your comments
will be read.
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NATIONAL
MINIMUM WAGE SURVEY
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| New Deal
18—24 and New Deal 25+ |
| 1. |
How many workers does your
business currently employ? (Please include all workers - full-time,
part-time and casual staff) (Please insert numbers)
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| 2. |
How many workers in your
business are: (Please insert numbers)
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| 3. |
What proportion of your
employees are from an ethnic minority? (Please tick one box)
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| 4. |
How many of the following
types of New Deal participants have you had in your business since April
1999? (Please insert numbers)
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| 5. |
How many of the following
types of New Deal participants do you currently have in your business?
(Please insert numbers)
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| 6. |
Has the National Minimum
Wage affected your business in any way?
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| 7. |
Did the introduction
of the National Minimum Wage on 1 April 1999 directly affect the wages
of any New Deal staff?
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| 8. |
Did the increase
in the Development Rate for young workers aged 18-21, from £3.00
to £3.20, on 1 June 2000 directly affect the wages of any
New Deal staff?
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| 9. |
Did the increase
in the full National Minimum Wage, from £3.60 to £3.70,
on 1 October 2000 directly affect the wages of any New Deal staff?
The
full rate applies to workers aged 22 and over.
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10.
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Has the National Minimum
Wage made you more or less willing to take on the following types
of New Deal participants?
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11.
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Has the National Minimum
Wage made you more or less willing to retain the following types
of New Deal participants?
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| 12. |
Do you have age-related
pay structures?
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| 13. |
At what age is a worker
entitled to the adult rate?
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| 14. |
Enter the current lowest
hourly rate for New Deal workers in each of the following age groups
in your business. If you have no workers in any age band please leave
blank.
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15.
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How does the pay of New
Deal workers compare your other employees doing equivalent work?
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| 16. |
How significantly has the
Development Rate for workers aged 18-21 affected your willingness
to take on New Deal participants? *
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| 17. |
How significantly has the
Development Rate for workers aged 22 and over affected your willingness
to take on New Deal participants? *
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| 18. |
Please indicate the importance
of the following factors on your decisions about continuing your involvement
in the New Deal.
(Please tick one box for each factor.)
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| 19. |
We would find
helpful any other comments that you might have about your experience of
the National Minimum Wage and its impact on your involvement in the New
Deal. Please write your comments below or on a separate sheet. All your
comments will be read. |
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