Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003
South Africa, 2002 - 2003
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Durban LFS
2002-2003_v1
q6.27c3 : main element of act - employment equity act of 1998 - 2 (q6_27c3)
Data file: Durban LFS 2002-2003_v1
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0
Invalid:
0
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Discrete
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0
Width:
8
Range:
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Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | became more focussed |
| 2 | biased in favour of employee |
| 3 | business will benefit |
| 4 | dictorial, increased level of bureaucracy |
| 5 | different skills available |
| 6 | difficult to find workers with designated skills |
| 7 | disputes legislation |
| 8 | employ unskilled people |
| 9 | employment not based on merit |
| 10 | employment determined by demand & supply |
| 11 | follows employment policies |
| 12 | forced investment in training with little or no effect |
| 13 | had to employ more workers to restrict overtime |
| 14 | improved communication |
| 15 | increased costs for firms |
| 16 | law makes it costly to employ people |
| 17 | leave and other benefits obliged to grant employees |
| 18 | led to difficulties with workers |
| 19 | living with it |
| 20 | makes production efficient |
| 21 | minimum wages reduced hours worked |
| 22 | negative effect on employees |
| 23 | no effect |
| 24 | no encouragement to employ more people |
| 25 | overtime payments obliged to grant employees |
| 26 | regulations restrictive / inflexible |
| 27 | restrictions and demands on employer are numerous |
| 28 | resulted in firm becoming internationally uncompetitive |
| 29 | retirement age too high |
| 30 | cumbersome lay-off procedures |
| 31 | skill shortage among pdis |
| 32 | unions get too much control |
| 33 | use/might use more machinery than people |
| 34 | outside contractors used |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.