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Injured workers were asked how much they agreed or disagreed with six statements about the workplace where they sustained their injury to gain a perspective of workplace culture.
These were converted into a scale from one to five, where one was “strongly disagree” and five was “strongly agree”. A score of three indicates “neither agree nor disagree”. The average score for all respondents is reported.
The attributes of the workplace that were rated from strongly disagree to strongly agree and assigned a numerical rating:
Work importance:
“The work that you do at your workplace is very important to you”
Work satisfaction:
“You are very satisfied with the work you do”
Valued at work:
“People at work really value what you do”
Management’s help with RTW:
“Generally, management at the place where you work will do what they can to help you get back to work”
OH&S spending:
“Your employer is prepared to spend the money and time required to make the workplace safe”
RTW policies and procedures:
“Your employer has clear policies and procedures about returning injured workers to work”.
The way the Monitor reports workplace culture has changed in 2010-11. Instead of reporting the average rating, the percentage who rated the service 4 or 5 (net high rating) has been reported. We are therefore unable to provide a comparison with years prior to 2010-11.
Victorian employees rating of workplace culture has not materially changed over the last 12 months in terms of
•the work they do is important to them
•work satisfaction
However, Victorian employees report a decline in:
•being valued at work
•perception of whether the employer will do what they can to help with return to work
•the employer's preparedness to spend money and time to make the workplace safe
•whether the employer has clear policies and procedures about return to work.