ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5655</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions<br>TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich)<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich)<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> July 2007 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich), <i> Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2007. SN: 5655, http://dx.doi.org/ </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5655 . Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005<br> (European Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance; ESWT; European Company Survey, 2004-2005) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions</h5> <h5>TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich)</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich)<br></H5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>European Company Survey</i> (ECS) is a large-scale representative survey among establishments in the European Union (EU) and is carried out every four years. The ECS examines a range of issues, such as working time, work-life balance, and the development of social dialogue in companies. The survey series aims to map working time policies and practices at the level of the establishment in the EU, to survey the views of the different actors at establishment level on these policies and practices, and to provide policy makers with a picture of the main issues and developments in the field.<br> <br> The first company survey in the series was known as the <i>Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005</i> (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 5655). The second survey has taken on the new title of the <i>European Company Survey, 2009</i> (available from the Archive under SN 6568).<br> <br> Further information about the ECS can be found on the <a href="http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/companysurvey/index.htm" title ="Eurofound">Eurofound</a> ECS survey web pages.<br>The <i>Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005</i> is the first survey in the series and was conducted in the 15 existing EU member states (EU15) and 6 of the new states who joined the EU in 2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia. The topics to be covered in detail were agreed between TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, who conducted the first survey on behalf of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EFILWC), the research team and advisory committee at EFILWC, and a group of experts from various countries. It was agreed to focus on the following working time arrangements which are likely to have an impact on work-life balance:<ul><li>part-time work</li><li>extended operating hours (night work, week-end work, shift work)</li><li>flexible working time arrangements (e.g. flexi-time, working time accounts)</li><li>overtime</li><li>childcare leave and other forms of long-term leave</li><li>phased retirement and early retirement</li></ul>For these working time arrangements, information about the incidence at establishment level was collected and (where it made sense and was possible within the given restrictions of the length of the questionnaire) information about the reasons for the introduction, the practical experiences and details of the regulations.<br> <br> Further information about the survey can be found on the Eurofound <a href="http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/worklifebalance/eswt.htm" title="European Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance">ESWT</a> web pages.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Two questionnaires were fielded as part of the first ESWT survey. <br> <br> The management questionnaire, conducted with the most senior member of staff with responsibility for personnel at each establishment, covered background and demographic information about the organisation, variations of workload and other questions related to work organisation, part-time work, extended operating hours and work at 'unsocial hours', working time accounts and flexible working time arrangements, overtime, childcare leave and long-term leave, phased and early retirement, and measures to facilitate work-life balance. <br> <br> The employee representative questionnaire, conducted with the chairperson of the corresponding employee representative body in the establishment or another suitable employee representative, covered similar topics, from the point of view of employees.<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 2004 - 2005 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany (October 1990-); Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Countries <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Institutions/organisations <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Cross-national; National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Managers and employees from establishments based in the EU, with 10 or more employees </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> Further surveys are planned to be carried out every 4-5 years.. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> See documentation for details. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 21,031 (see documentation for country specific details) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English and other European languages<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS International, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: international@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 12 July 2007<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>3 January 2012</h5> </body></html>