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  • Apr, 2012

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    Weekend Work

    Q. Do you think workers should get a higher hourly rate for working on weekends or should the weekend rate be the same as the weekday rate?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Should get higher hourly rate on weekends

    78%

    82%

    73%

    91%

    Weekend and weekday rates should be the same

    18%

    14%

    23%

    6%

    Don’t know

    4%

    4%

    3%

    3%

    78% think that workers should get a higher hourly rate for working on weekends and 18% think weekend and weekday rates should be the same.

    86% of part-time workers support higher hourly rate for working on weekends. There were no significant differences across income groups.

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