How many workers does your business currently employ? (Please include all workers - full-time, part-time and casual staff) (Please insert numbers)

How many workers in your business are: (Please insert numbers)

What proportion of your employees are from an ethnic minority? (Please tick one box)

Has the National Minimum Wage affected your business in any way?

What has happened to your TOTAL pay bill as a result of the National Minimum Wage?

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?

Has the National Minimum Wage led to any of the following benefits for your business?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)

As a result of the National Minimum Wage, have you taken any of the following actions?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)

9.

Has the National Minimum Wage led to any of the following in your business?
(Please state whether significant, slight or none)

10.

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)

11.

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)

Do you have age-related pay structures?

At what age is a worker entitled to your full adult rate?  

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.

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.

If there are no age-related pay structures, what other factors account for differences in your workers' hourly pay? (Please tick any that apply)

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)?

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)

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.

Has the Development Rate for workers aged 22+ enabled you to improve the amount of training or quality of training you provide?

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?

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.

Additional Questions for Contract Service Providers

What percentage of your business is accounted for by:

If you are doing business with the public sector, what percentage of that business is for:

Does your firm provide goods and/or services to the public sector as part of a competitive tendering contract?

Did you seek to renegotiate the conditions of your contract as a result of the National Minimum Wage

Were you successful in renegotiating conditions?

What percentage of the increase in your pay bill due to the National Minimum Wage were you able to recoup through negotiation?

Does your firm provide goods and/or services to private sector clients as part of a competitive tendering contract?

Did you seek to renegotiate the conditions of your contract as a result of the National Minimum Wage?

Were you successful in renegotiating conditions?

What percentage of the increase in your pay bill due to the National Minimum Wage were you able to recoup through negotiation?

Additional Questions for the Textiles Sector

Do you have an incentive pay system (e.g. piece rate or payment by results)?

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What impact has the introduction of the National Minimum Wage had on your incentive system? (Please state whether significant, slight or none)

Additional Questions for the Hairdressing Sector

Has your salon introduced 'chair hire' arrangements as a result of the National Minimum Wage?

What percentage of the workers in your salon are self-employed?

Has the percentage of self-employed workers in your salon increased as a result of the National Minimum Wage?

If your salon has had to increase prices as a result of the National Minimum Wage, has this led to a reduction in tips?

Does your salon charge VAT?

Were price increases resulting from the National Minimum Wage a factor in making it necessary to register for VAT?

Has the National Minimum Wage reduced your employment of apprentices?

Has the National Minimum Wage reduced your employment of other trainees?