OPEN - ESDS

Most remunerate - and subsidiary employment Q’s.9(a)-(c)
It is important that where there is more thsn one job the informants most
remunerati~ job - whether as employee or self-employed - should be entered aS the
first job. If, on probing at this question, it is found that Q1 (a) has been wrongly
coded, eg coded self-employed when most remunerative job is as employee then recode
Ql(a).
Where somsone has arrangements to work with two d.iferent employers (evsn if one
relates to casual work), both should ba entered, with the most remunerate w job
described firat. If an informant perfonus the same occupational duties for eevsral
employers, (oc~pation and industry detai 1s being identical for each eg domestic
work for 3 private intitidual~ ), count as one job but make a note.
Where a school leavsr is unemployed, employment queetions cannot bs asked.
Ensure that if informant is a director then Code 1 has been ringed.
PFJICISE OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY DETAILS ARE NEEDED. FO11OW standard Social Survey
procedure (Handbook p. 65). Note howe vsr, that directors of limited companies
count ae employees even if they pay a self-employed person’s National Insurance
contribution. If such a person has been coded self-employed at Q. 1, you should
recode.
Note that we wish to know for smployees their position eg Msnager and the number of
eWloYees at their place of work. For the self-employed we wish to knew h.sw many
employees they have. This ie ao that we can code socio-econom.ic groupings to make
the PES compatible with other surveye.
For informants on Community Programme (CP ) (ACE in NI ) note this fact and also the
work they are doing and the type of industry in which that work ie being done.
Directors/Self-employed Q’s.9(a)-(c)
Directors of a limited company are to be treated as employees bscause they are
legally employees of that limited company no matter how small it is.
There are come difficult casee howevsr where an informant will be legally an
employee of the limited company of which he is a director, but for accounts
purposes handle the income, tsx and National Insurance contributions, etc as if
self-employed. In these cases you should record him as an employee at Q 1-9(b) but
enter details of income, tax and N.I. as if he is self-employed. Where this occurs
please make full notes so that the office is aware of the circumstances.
Laet pay details Q’s.1O-17
This seriee of questions refers to the job described in Q.9 ae the most
rsmunerati~ job as an employee, regardless of number of hours worked. These
questions can relate to a past job only where the informant is out of employment
and eeeking work or about to etart work (coded 3 or 4 at Q. 1).
If aomsone has only recently started work and has not yet recei vsd any
wages/salary, explain this in a note together with what he expects to receiw in
his new job, and record at checking call detaile of bis pay if the first pay is
recei vsd during the record-keeping period. Failing this, give details of his
wage/salaq in his previous job (if any).
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