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.