Q. How much say should employees have in the following issues in their workplace?
Total a lot/
some say |
A lot of say | Some say | A little say | No say at all | Don’t know | |
Health and safety | 90% | 63% | 27% | 7% | 2% | 1% |
Working conditions | 88% | 55% | 33% | 8% | 2% | 1% |
When they can take annual leave | 86% | 42% | 44% | 11% | 2% | 2% |
Hours of work and rostering | 77% | 26% | 51% | 19% | 3% | 2% |
Wages | 76% | 24% | 52% | 18% | 4% | 2% |
Offshoring jobs (i.e. transferring jobs to another country) | 66% | 37% | 29% | 18% | 12% | 4% |
Redundancies | 65% | 24% | 41% | 21% | 11% | 3% |
CEO salary and bonuses | 59% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 20% | 3% |
Board decisions | 44% | 16% | 28% | 29% | 22% | 4% |
A majority of respondents think employees should have a lot or some say in all workplace issues listed except for board decisions.
63% think employees should have a lot of say in health and safety, 55% in working conditions, 42% in annual leave and 37% in offshoring jobs.
Those on lower incomes (under $1,000pw) were more likely to think employees should have a lot of say in off-shoring jobs (45%) and CEO salary and bonuses (35%).