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  • Nov, 2011

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    Workplace Issues

    Q. How much say should employees have in the following issues in their workplace?

    Total a lot/

    some say

    A lot of say Some say A little say No say at all Don’t know
    Health and safety 90% 63% 27% 7% 2% 1%
    Working conditions 88% 55% 33% 8% 2% 1%
    When they can take annual leave 86% 42% 44% 11% 2% 2%
    Hours of work and rostering 77% 26% 51% 19% 3% 2%
    Wages 76% 24% 52% 18% 4% 2%
    Offshoring jobs (i.e. transferring jobs to another country) 66% 37% 29% 18% 12% 4%
    Redundancies 65% 24% 41% 21% 11% 3%
    CEO salary and bonuses 59% 29% 30% 18% 20% 3%
    Board decisions 44% 16% 28% 29% 22% 4%

    A majority of respondents think employees should have a lot or some say in all workplace issues listed except for board decisions.

    63% think employees should have a lot of say in health and safety, 55% in working conditions, 42% in annual leave and 37% in offshoring jobs.

    Those on lower incomes (under $1,000pw) were more likely to think employees should have a lot of say in off-shoring jobs (45%) and CEO salary and bonuses (35%).

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