17 December 2012, 171212, holiday leave, paid leave, unpaid
Q. Is that paid or unpaid leave?
|
Total |
Work full time |
Work part time |
1-2 days |
3-4 days |
About a week |
About 2 weeks |
About 3 weeks |
More than 3 weeks |
|
| All paid leave |
70% |
86% |
36% |
74% |
73% |
76% |
69% |
65% |
62% |
| All unpaid leave |
23% |
8% |
55% |
24% |
20% |
18% |
23% |
28% |
25% |
| Some paid, some unpaid |
6% |
6% |
7% |
2% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
7% |
10% |
| Don’t know |
1% |
* |
2% |
– |
2% |
– |
– |
– |
3% |
*Based on respondents taking holiday leave
70% of those taking leave were taking all their leave as paid leave and 23% were taking unpaid leave.
55% of part-time workers (including casual workers) were taking all their leave unpaid.
17 December 2012, 171212, holiday leave, xmas leave
Q. Which of the following best describes how you feel about your Xmas leave?
|
Total |
Work full time |
Work part time |
None |
1-2 days |
3-4 days |
About a week |
About 2 weeks |
About 3 weeks |
More than 3 weeks |
|
| I am satisfied with my Xmas leave |
63% |
63% |
61% |
43% |
56% |
58% |
68% |
71% |
84% |
83% |
| I would like to take more leave but I don’t have any available |
14% |
16% |
10% |
14% |
21% |
24% |
16% |
13% |
9% |
– |
| I would like to take more leave but my employer won’t allow it |
13% |
15% |
9% |
26% |
16% |
15% |
10% |
6% |
– |
4% |
| I would like to take less leave, but my employer won’t allow it |
4% |
3% |
7% |
– |
5% |
2% |
5% |
9% |
5% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
13% |
18% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
– |
2% |
8% |
* Based on respondents employed full-time or part-time
63% of employed respondents were satisfied with their Xmas period leave arrangements. However, 27% would prefer to take more leave but either didn’t have any available or were not allowed to take more.
40% of those not taking any leave said they would like to take leave – including 26% who said their employer would not allow them to take leave.