Overall, just over one-third (35%) of enterprises reported using some form of performance-based payment in the previous 12 months.
As demonstrated in Table 5.8, the most common performance-based payments used by enterprises were irregular bonuses or payments (i.e. paid less frequently than quarterly), with more than two-thirds (68%) of enterprises that used performance-based payments having using this form of performance-based payment.
The AWRS also enables estimates of the employee population to be generated for female and male workers.
5–19 employees (%) |
20–199 employees (%) |
200+ employees (%) |
All enterprises that used performance-based payments (%) |
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Commissions | 33.8 | 37.8 | 26.3 | 34.5 |
Regular bonuses (bonuses paid at least quarterly) | 21.3 | 24.8 | 33.6 | 22.7 |
Other bonuses/irregular performance-based payments (paid less frequently than quarterly, including one-off payments) | 66.1 | 70.7 | 76.7 | 67.7 |
Piece work payments (e.g. payment per unit produced) | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 |
Other performance-based payments | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
Source: AWRS 2014, Workforce Profile and Enterprise Characteristics (Recruitment screener) survey.
Base = 1838 enterprises.