Q. Do you think Australia’s industrial relations and work laws favour the interests of employers or employees or do they balance the interests of both?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Work full time | Work part time | |||
Favour employers | 39% | 49% | 26% | 44% | 51% | 40% | 33% | ||
Favour employees | 12% | 10% | 17% | 5% | 10% | 14% | 14% | ||
Balance interests of both employers and employees | 29% | 27% | 38% | 21% | 21% | 30% | 29% | ||
Don’t know | 21% | 14% | 19% | 30% | 18% | 17% | 24% |
39% believe that Australia’s industrial relations and work laws favour the interests of employers, 12% think they favour employees and 29% think they balance the interests of both.
Labor (49%) and Greens (44%) voters were more likely to think they favour employers while Liberal/National voters were more likely to think they were balanced (38%).
49% of those earning $600-$1,000 pw thought they favoured employers.