Pay Equity and Community Sector Commitment Survey
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Pay Equity and Sector Commitment Survey

 
On May 6, 2009, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) made a landmark decision on pay equity that acknowledged the chronic undervaluation of women's work in Queensland's community services sector. It awarded pay rises of between 18% and 37% to the workers concerned, 80% of whom were women.

On March 11, 2010 the Australian Services Union (ASU) filed an application with Fair Work Australia (FWA) for an equal remuneration order aimed at extending Queenslands gains nation-wide.

Prior to determining the application, FWA found that community sector workers are undervalued, and that the undervaluation is attributable to gender. As a result we are keen to collate and capture the impact and flow on effect of equal remuneration or pay parity on retention, attraction and recruitment of staff to the community services sector.

Please complete the following quick 10 questions to support this data collection and reporting.

We will repeat this measure after implementation of the national equal remuneration order to further test and validate our findings.

Many Thanks

1. Age

2. Gender

3. Highest Educational level reached

4. According to the ABS definition of organisational size, please indicate the size of the organisation you work for:

5. Please nominate one of the following which best describes the location of your organisation:

 Metropolitan/UrbanOuter suburbRegional/RuralRemote
Queensland
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
ACT
Northern Territory
National

6. Career Span
Please indicate length of time with:

 your current employerthe Community Services Sectoremployers external to Community Services
Less than 1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5-10 years
10-15 years
15-20 years
20-25 years
More than 25 years

7. For the following statements, please select the option that best demonstrates your attitude:

 strongly disagreedisagreeneutralagreestrongly agree
My pay is fair compared with that of equivalent qualified and experienced colleagues within the community services sector.
My pay is fair compared with that of equivalent qualified and experienced colleagues external to the community services sector.

8. For the following statements, please select the option that best demonstrates your attitude:

 strongly disagreedisagreeneutralagreestrongly agree
I would be happy to spend the rest of my career within the community services sector.
I really feel as if the community services sector's problems are my own.
I do not feel a strong sense of "belonging" to the community services sector.
People at my work are likely at any time to announce they are leaving to take another job.
I do not feel "emotionally attached" to the community services sector.
The community services sector has a great deal of personal meaning for me.
Working in the community services sector is motivating and personally rewarding.

9. For the following statements, please select the option that best demonstrates your attitude:

 strongly disagreedisagreeneutralagreestrongly agree
I think about looking for another job most days I am at work.
I have invested too much time in the community services sector to consider working elsewhere.
Leaving the community services sector now would require considerable personal sacrifice.
For me personally, the costs of leaving the community services sector would be far greater than the benefits.
I would not leave the community services sector because of what I would stand to lose.
If I decided to leave the community services sector, too much of my life would be disrupted.
I continue to work in the community services sector because I dont believe other sectors could offer the benefits I have here.

10. For the following statements, please select the option that best demonstrates your attitude:

 strongly disagreedisagreeneutralagreestrongly agree
When I interviewed for this job, I was not given an accurate description of the work role and its career prospects.
I do not feel any obligation to remain with my current employer.
Even if it were to my advantage, I do not feel it would be right to leave my organisation right now.
I would feel guilty if I left my organisation now.
This organisation deserves my loyalty.
I would not leave my organisation right now because I have a sense of obligation to the people in it.
I owe a great deal to my organisation.