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WageIndicator: A Web-based Platform for Work and Wage Information

WageIndicator is a national website that provides users with access to a Salary Check, VIP pay check, and Decent Work Check, as well as up-to-date work-related content. Users can also participate in a web-survey to contribute data for the Salary Check and for research purposes. The website attracts a large number of visitors and has expanded to multiple countries.

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WageIndicator: A Web-based Platform for Work and Wage Information

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  1. WIBAR 2: a short introduction Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) 15 April 2008, Bussum, NL

  2. What is WageIndicator? • A national website with • a Salary Check • a VIP pay check • a Decent Work Check • a permanent web-survey • up-to-date work-related content • answering visitor’s emails • Countries • 2001 Netherlands • 2004 Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom • 2005 Argentina, Brazil, Hungary, India, Mexico, S-Korea, S-Africa • 2006 USA • 2007 China, Russia • 2008 France, 10 Post-Soviet countries, Sweden Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Paraguay • pending Slovenia, Turkey • ?? Ireland

  3. What is a Salary Check? • 3-4 clicks • Choose an occupation: choice of many occupations • Tick personal characteristics: age, gender, education, region, etc 3) Output screen: average monthly/weekly wage in an occupation, taken into account the characteristics Extra info: • Output screen: other characteristics of the occupation • A Salary Check • is free of charge • attractshuge numbers of visitors • is based on data collected in a web-survey

  4. What is the web-survey? • Web-survey on work and wages • asking the visitors a favor in return to the free information on wages • survey data is used for the Salary Check and for research • it is in the national language • it is similar across countries • 2 * 10 minutes • part 1 collects information needed for the Salary Check • part 2 collects extra questions • Questionnaire topics • occupation (4-dgt ISCO), education, industry (3dgt NACE) • workplace characteristics, firmsize, MNE, working conditions • employment history, job future • working hours, wages, benefits • personal questions • factual and attitudinal questions

  5. Team in Netherlands operating worldwide web-management technical support and hosting marketing, design data- and survey management web-tools National teams web-manager(s), from media partners or trade unions researcher(s) from universities or private institutes Funding 1/3 projects: EU, development aid, ministries 1/3 fees from countries 1/3 projects for media companies and trade unions, licenses, banners International Labor Organization (ILO) Advisor in our plans to expand to 75 countries Organisation and funding

  6. Partners • Trade unions • National confederations: DGB (DE), STTK, SAK (FI), ACV (BE),TUC (UK), FNV (NL), UGT, CCOO (ES), etc • International confederations: UNI, ETUC, EMF • Online newspapers, radio, portals • Rzeczpospolita(PL); La Nacion(AR ); I Media(RU), etc • Dutch World Broadcasting Service (NL) • UOL (BR), MSN (NL, UK), IOL (ZA) • Career sites • Career site Monster (BE, KR, NL, SE) • Universities, research institutes • many universities and institutes (www.wageindicator.org)

  7. WIBAR-1 • Organisation • Analyses based on WageIndicator data for 9 EU member states • Funding EU: Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue Program, 1-year project (2006/09 – 2007/08) • Cooperation with ETUC and ETUI-REHS • Book publication: Bargaining issues in Europe • Themes • working time, low pay, training • collective bargaining coverage • work-related stress, older workers • Comparison • within-country comparison across industries, based on scores on 5 themes • comparison across countries, based on scores on 5 themes • problem ranking of industries, based on scores on 5 themes

  8. WIBAR-2 • Organisation • Funding EU: Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue Program, 1-year project (2007/12 – 2008/11) • Project coordinator: AIAS/University of Amsterdam, NL • Cooperation with ETUC, WSI, EMF, Ruskin College • Three conferences • Final publication (book ?) • Themes • Analyses based on WageIndicator data for 12 EU member states • Foreign Direct Investment, based on MNE database • Effects on wages and working conditions • Home country MNE – host country MNE – domestic firm

  9. Focus • Analyse and discuss effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on wages and working conditions • Analyse wages and working conditions in 12 EU member states, comparing home country MNE’s – host country MNE’s – domestic firms • Detailed analyses of wages & working conditions and patterns of FDI for five industries: • metal and electronics manufacturing • retail; ICT; call centres and finance • transport • Detailed analyses of wages and working conditions in specific MNE’s across countries • Discuss results in 3 trade union conferences

  10. How? • MNE database developed • for five industries • for 12 EU member states • 577 MNE names with 1,057 subsidiairies and 3,630 establishments • WageIndicator web-survey • For the five industries, the web survey includes a question: “What is the name of the company where you work” • A list of establishment names from the MNE database pops up (per sub-sector and country) • Survey data collected from April 2008 onwards

  11. 3 Conferences • Metal and electronics manufacturing: • Duesseldorf (DE): WSI + EMF • Input: draft reports AIAS • Retail; ICT; call centres and finance: • Brussels (BE): ETUC • Input: draft reports AIAS • Transport: • Oxford (UK): Ruskin College • Input: draft reports AIAS

  12. Focus per industry • Themes • working time • low pay • training • collective bargaining coverage • work-related stress • older workers • Sub-themes per industry • working time: long working hours? • low pay: position of women • etc.

  13. Preparation of conferences • Scheduled for October 2008 • one-day conferences • room hire, catering and other costs reimbursed • which dates exactly? • needed support from AIAS • Invitation policies • maximum 20 – 25 participants per conference • travel and subsistence costs reimbursed • international trade union audience • invited speaker per conference • translations • dissemination of documents: web-based?

  14. Example: retail • MNE-database • 93 MNE’s with 253 subsidiaries and 679 establishments (one establ. per country) • Findings • Most internationalised sub-sectors:supermarkets, clothing, consumer electronics • Patterns of internationalisation: • Germany-based MNE’s to France, Netherl, Poland • French-based MNE’s to Belgium, Spain, Poland • Dutch-based MNE’s to Belgium, Germany, France • UK-based MNE’s to France, Netherl, Poland • US-based MNE’s to UK, Germany

  15. Thanks • Interested: contact us • m.vanklaveren@uva.nl • k.g.tijdens@uva.nl • Thank you for your attention! • www.wageindicator.org

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