Q. Over the past 12 months, how much has your pay increased? (based on 542 full-time and part-time employees)
|
Total |
|
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| No increase |
39% |
35% |
45% |
|
| 1% or less |
12% |
10% |
15% |
|
| About 1.5% |
8% |
8% |
7% |
|
| About 2% |
12% |
15% |
8% |
|
| About 3% |
10% |
12% |
7% |
|
| 4-5% |
5% |
|
6% |
2% |
| 6-10% |
2% |
|
3% |
1% |
| More than 10% |
1% |
|
2% |
* |
| Don’t know |
11% |
|
8% |
16% |
A majority of workers (51%) say they have received a pay increase of less than 1.5% in the last 12 months. 30% say they have received an increase of more than 1.5%.
45% of full-time workers say they have received an increase less than 1.5% compared to 60% of part-time workers.
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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.