casual workers, contract workers, workforce
Q. Approximately 35% of Australia’s workforce is now employed on a casual or contract basis.
Casual employees are not entitled to annual or sick leave or superannuation. They also face greater employment uncertainty. However, people choose casual work as it can provide higher wages and more flexibility in terms of hours.
Overall, do you think casual work has been good or bad for the following people or groups?
| NET: Good | NET: Bad | Very good | Quite good | Neither good, nor bad | Quite bad | Very bad | |
| Employers | 65% | 11% | 22% | 43% | 24% | 8% | 3% |
| The economy | 46% | 19% | 13% | 33% | 35% | 14% | 6% |
| Individual workers | 42% | 29% | 12% | 30% | 29% | 19% | 10% |
| The nation | 41% | 26% | 11% | 30% | 33% | 18% | 8% |
| For you personally | 30% | 17% | 12% | 18% | 53% | 9% | 8% |