Industrial Relations at the Workplace Survey 1999
Philippines, 1999
Identification
PHL_1999_IRWS_v01_M
Industrial Relations at the Workplace Survey 1999
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Industrial Relations at the Workplace Survey, 1999 is the second series of IRWS survey. The first survey was conducted in 1995. The content of 1999 IRWS was modified to include additional items of inquiry such as indicators on coping mechanisms implemented or plan to be implemented relative to the effect of globalization and financial crisis to establishments.
Note: Refer to Metadata in Technical Documents
The main objective of the survey is to determine the prevailing employment, labor-management relations and wage and salary policies and practices in non-agricultural establishments. It aims to provide a benchmark information on employment, labor- management relations and wage and salary practices and policies. Topics covered include establishment profile, employment practices, wage practices, situation of labor management relations and coping mechanisms to globalization.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Establishments
Version
v2 - Edited data, for public distribution.
2000-12
Scope
The scope of the 1999 IRWS includes :
- Establishment Profile - main economic activity/principal product, total employment (male/female), ownership (with foreign equity/wholly Filipino), export-oriented, with union and with existing Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA);
- Employment Practices - requires data on hiring and retirement and workforce reduction;
- Wage Practices - requires data on the method of fixing or revising wages and salaries, basis of payment and how are the wages and salaries paid and benefits granted to employees including the basis of granting allowances, bonuses and gratuities and policies in determining the days entitlement for sick and vacation leave benefits;
- Labor Management Relations - requires data on current labor management situation, policies of communicating with employees and on union organization and grievance handling; and
- Coping Mechanisms-inquires about the different mechanisms being adopted/implemented by establishments to cope with economic crises.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| employment [3.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| labour relations/conflict [3.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National coverage
National Capital Region
Cordillera Administrative Region
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
Region XI
Region XII
Caraga
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province
Manila
Second District
Third District
Fourth District
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Pangasinan
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva Vizcaya
Quirino
Bataan
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Tarlac
Zambales
Batangas
Cavite
Laguna
Marinduque
Occidental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro
Palawan
Quezon
Rizal
Romblon
Aurora
Albay
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Masbate
Sorsogon
Aklan
Antique
Capiz
Iloilo
Negros Occidental
Guimaras
Davao (Davao del Norte)
Davao del Sur
Davao Oriental
South Cotabato
Sarangani
Lanao del Norte
Cotabato (North Cotabato)
Sultan Kudarat
Cotabato (Marawi)
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur
Abra
Benguet
Ifugao
Kalinga
Mountain Province
Apayao
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao
Sulu
Tawi - tawi
Bukidnon
Camiguin
Misamis Occidental
Misamis Oriental
Basilan
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Eastern Samar
Leyte
Northern Samar
Samar (Western Samar)
Southern Leyte
Biliran
Bohol
Cebu
Negros Oriental
Siquijor .
Covered non-agricultural establishments employing 20 or more workers except national postal activities, central banking, public administration and defense and compulsory social security, public education services, public medical, dental and other health services, activities of membership organizations, extra territorial organizations and bodies.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Department of Labor and Employment |
| Name |
|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DOLE Regional Offices except DOLE-National Capital Region | Department of Labor and Employment | Data collection and field editing outside NCR |
Sampling
Statistical unit: The statistical unit is the establishment. Each unit is classified to an industry that reflects its main economic activity--the activity that contributes the biggest or major portion of the gross income or revenues of the establishment.
Sampling frame: The sampling frame used for the survey was taken from the modified version of the 1996 List of Establishments of the National Statistics Office. This is regularly updated based on the responses to other surveys of the BLES, establishment reports on retrenchments and closures submitted to the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor and Employment and other establishment lists.
Sampling design: Establishments are stratified by 3-digit industry level (except for industries observed to be heterogeneous within their 3-digit level and therefore requires further breakdown at the 4-digit classification). This level of disaggregation was based on industries/sectors covered by the following:
- Industries affected under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)
- Products under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA)
- Industries under the Investment Priority Plan of the Board of investment (BOI)
- List of export winners of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- Deregulated / liberalized industries
- Industries with relatively few players
Establishments in each industry group were classified according to employment size i.e. 20-49, 50-199, and 200 and over. Further if the actual response rate for the survey is at least 80 percent, the sample size for each cell was adjusted to build-in replacement.
Geographical location was not considered in the stratification of industries since the policies and practices of establishments do not vary particularly those with regional branches or offices.
Sample size: For IRWS 1999, the sample size was 7,562, of which 5,820 were found to be eligible sampling units.
Note: Refer to Section F of Manual of Instructions
The response rate was 77.0%
Survey instrument
The questionnaire contains the following sections:
Cover page - contains information on purpose of the survey, collection authority, coverage, reference period and due date. It also contains the Establishment Profile that inquires into the main economic activity/principal product, total and female employment, ownership (with foreign equity or wholly Filipino), presence of a union and existence of a collective bargaining agreement in the establishment;
Employment Practices - inquires on hiring and retirement and workforce reduction practices;
Wage Practices - inquires on the method of fixing or revising wages and salaries, basis of wage payment and grant of allowances, benefits granted to employees and policy in determining days entitlement of sick and vacation leaves;
Labor Management Relations - inquires on labor-management communication, union organization and grievance handling; and
Coping Mechanisms - inquiries on coping mechanisms to globalization and measures implemented by establishments to cope with economic crisis (1997 Asian financial crisis in the 1999 IRWS questionnaire).
Survey Results - selected statistical information from the preceding survey round are provided for information of the respondents.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1999-07-01 | 1999-11-30 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 1998-01-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (for National Capital Region) | Department of Labor and Employment |
| DOLE-Regional Offices (for areas outside National Capital Region | Department of Labor and Employment |
The regional statisticians, economists or personnel designated by the Regional Director supervised the data collectors/enumerators in their respective regions. In provinces/areas where there were relatively many establishments to be covered, area supervisors were hired to assist the regional staff in the supervision of data collection activities. The BLES handled the field operations in the National Capital Region.
The survey is conducted in coordination with the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor and Employment. On a project basis, employees are hired to personally deliver and retrieve the questionnaires from the establishments. In some instances, questionnaires are mailed to establishments in less accessible or conflict prone areas, in which case a self- addressed envelope is provided. The establishments may also submit the accomplished questionnaires through fax or e-mail. Delivery of questionnaires starts in July of the reference year and retrieval commences after all questionnaires have been delivered or within 10 working days from delivery or on a date agreed upon by the contact person/respondent and the enumerator.
For the National Capital Region (NCR), questionnaires were personally delivered, followed up and retrieved by interviewers. For areas outside NCR, some questionnaires were delivered/retrieved personally while those meant for respondents in far-flung areas were mailed together with self-addressed stamped envelopes to facilitate the return of accomplished forms to the BLES. Control Lists of Samples were prepared for both enumerators and supervisors for recording and monitoring of delivered and retrieved questionnaires.
Data processing
Data are manually and electronically processed. Upon collection of accomplished questionnaires, enumerators perform field editing before leaving the establishments to ensure completeness, consistency and reasonableness of entries in accordance with the field operations manual. The forms are again checked for data consistency and completeness by the field supervisors. The BLES personnel undertake the final review, coding of data based on standard geographical/industrial classification, data entry/encoding and validation and scrutiny of aggregated results. Questionnaires with incomplete or inconsistent entries are returned to the establishments for verification personally or through mail.
Note: Please refer to INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AT THE WORKPLACE SURVEY (IRWS) 1999 (Manual of Instructions)
Data appraisal
Estimates of the sampling error not computed.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Relations Statistics Division | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | http//www.bles.dole.gov.ph | bles_lrsd@yahoo.com |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The BLES and its field personnel shall hold all survey data supplied by the respondents in confidence. The information obtained shall be for statistical purposes only and not for taxation, regulation nor investigation purposes. The data shall be processed with others of the same category and shall be disseminated in summary forms or statistical tables so as not to reveal the identity of any respondent. |
Access authority is granted to designated individuals in the concerned division of the BLES. The designated personnel cannot reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Disclaimer and copyrights
The BLES bears no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences made by the data users outside BLES.
(c) 2000, Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Labor and Employment Officer | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | bles_lrsd@yahoo.com | http//www.bles.dole.gov.ph |
Metadata production
DDI_PHL_1999_IRWS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Imelda B. Celones | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics | Documenter |
| Asuncion M. Gavilla | Bureau of Labor and Employment Statitics | Reviewer |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for IHSN Survey Catalog |
2009-08-17
Metadata version
Version 01: Adopted from "DDI_PHL_1999_IRWS_v02_M" DDI that was done by metadata producers mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.