Q. Do you think people who are required to work outside of normal hours – like night shifts, weekends or public holidays – should receive a higher hourly rate of pay?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Work full time | Work part time | May 2013 | Jan 2015 | ||||
| Yes | 81% | 90% | 73% | 81% | 82% | 76% | 85% | 81% | 81% | |||
| No | 13% | 8% | 20% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 9% | 12% | 13% | |||
| Don’t know | 7% | 3% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
81% think that people who are required to work outside of normal hours should receive a higher hourly rate of pay and 13% think they should not. There has been no change of opinion on this issue since this question was first asked in May 2013.
A large majority of all demographic and voter groups agree that worker should receive higher rates for working outside normal hours – although Labor voters (90%) and Greens voters (81%) are somewhat more likely to support this than Liberal/National voters (73%). 85% of part-time workers agree compared to 76% of full-time workers.