Poll Results

Many Canadians know what it’s like to be undervalued as a part-time or temporary worker.

When it comes to the rights of part-time and temporary workers, Canadians know what’s right and wrong. In September 2008, Vector Research asked over 1,100 Canadians:

Should the law require employers to pay part-time workers the same hourly rate as full-time workers when they do the same job, or should employers be allowed to decide themselves whether to pay part-timers and full-timers the same?

Seventy-two (72) per cent of respondents across the country said part-timers should be paid the same.

In the same poll, Vector posed this question:

It has been proposed that the government require employers to provide part-time workers access to the same benefits as full-time workers, such as insurance, sick leave, employee discounts, retirement benefits and training, on a pro-rated or reduced basis to take into account that part-time employees work less. Does this sound to you like a good idea or a poor idea?

Eighty-one (81) per cent of respondents said, “This sounds like a good idea.”

Many Canadians know what it’s like to be undervalued as a part-time or temporary worker. For full results from the Vector poll, click here.