Enterprises were asked about how the organisational hierarchy/structure was expressed across the workforce of non-managerial staff to understand how employees could be classified and/or know their place within the organisation.
As presented in Table 4.7, over two-thirds (70%) of enterprises used job titles to express the organisational structure. Over one-third (37%) of enterprises reported that wage or salary structures used to set wages across the organisation was a key method for expressing the organisational structure and/or hierarchy across the non-managerial workforce.
Table 4.7: Method of expressing organisational structure and/or hierarchy across the non-managerial workforce by employment size, per cent of enterprises
|
5–19 employees (%) |
20–199 employees (%) |
200+ employees (%) |
All enterprises (%) |
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Wage/salary structure from award |
22.9 |
25.0 |
18.0 |
23.2 |
Wage/salary structure from enterprise agreement |
7.7 |
11.5 |
24.9 |
9.2 |
Wage/salary structure—other |
10.3 |
10.5 |
15.3 |
10.5 |
Wage/salary structure—combined |
36.1 |
39.2 |
44.5 |
37.1 |
Grading or classification system (e.g. Grade 3, Level B) |
12.5 |
21.7 |
38.4 |
15.5 |
Job title or part of job title (e.g. Senior/Principal/Experienced/Junior) |
67.1 |
77.2 |
72.9 |
69.7 |
As years/months of experience (e.g. 2nd year) |
48.6 |
39.4 |
23.0 |
45.6 |
As the level of qualification required (e.g. diploma, 3 year degree) |
25.4 |
25.0 |
19.7 |
25.2 |
Responsibilities |
1.4 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
Employment status/hours worked |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Other method |
7.9 |
7.0 |
7.3 |
7.6 |