10 April 2012, 100412, hourly rate, pay, pay rate, Polling, polls, wages, weekday rate, weekend rate, Weekend Work, workers
Q. Do you think workers should get a higher hourly rate for working on weekends or should the weekend rate be the same as the weekday rate?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Should get higher hourly rate on weekends |
78% |
82% |
73% |
91% |
| Weekend and weekday rates should be the same |
18% |
14% |
23% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
4% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
78% think that workers should get a higher hourly rate for working on weekends and 18% think weekend and weekday rates should be the same.
86% of part-time workers support higher hourly rate for working on weekends. There were no significant differences across income groups.