Q. Overall, do you think most Australian employers pay their workers what they are worth or do they pay them more or less than they are worth?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Full time workers | Part time workers | |
Pay workers what they are worth | 37% | 41% | 42% | 23% | 41% | 33% |
Pay workers more than they are worth | 12% | 6% | 19% | 6% | 15% | 8% |
Pay workers less than they are worth | 37% | 38% | 31% | 56% | 35% | 45% |
Don’t know | 14% | 15% | 9% | 15% | 8% | 14% |
37% of respondents think that, overall, most Australian employers pay their workers what they are worth – 37% think they pay them less than they are worth and 12% say they pay more than they are worth.
Part-time workers (45%) and women (42%) are more likely to think workers are paid less than they are worth.