6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Jun 2009 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/09/2009   
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1 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter
Number of disputes
Employees Involved
Commenced in period
Total
Commenced in period
Total
Working days lost
no.
no.
'000
'000
'000
June Quarter 2007
28
32
3.5
4.5
7.1
September Quarter 2007
41
45
5.3
5.9
11.3
December Quarter 2007
33
36
23.6
23.7
24.4
March Quarter 2008
36
39
42.0
42.3
42.8
June Quarter 2008
52
60
59.9
69.0
86.5
September Quarter 2008
48
56
9.7
60.5
36.2
December Quarter 2008
38
43
61.1
62.9
31.1
March Quarter 2009
45
48
5.3
8.4
11.6
June Quarter 2009
53
58
40.2
43.9
47.3

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
March Quarter 2009
June Quarter 2009
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
'000
no.
'000
no.
Mining
Coal mining
0.7
20.2
0.1
2.8
Other mining
-
0.4
-
0.2
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
0.6
1.6
0.8
2.4
Other manufacturing
1.6
2.6
0.8
1.3
Construction
4.3
6.1
7.6
10.6
Transport, postal and warehousing
0.7
1.3
0.3
0.6
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
0.1
0.1
31.9
16.9
Other industries(a)
3.6
0.7
5.9
1.1
All industries
11.6
1.2
47.3
5.0
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) See Glossary - Industry - for details of industries included.

3 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, States and territories
March Quarter 2009
June Quarter 2009
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
'000
no.
'000
no.
New South Wales
3.4
1.1
2.6
0.9
Victoria
4.2
1.8
11.0
4.6
Queensland
2.5
1.3
30.4
15.5
South Australia
np
np
0.4
0.6
Western Australia
np
np
2.5
2.4
Tasmania
np
np
np
np
Northern Territory
np
np
np
np
Australian Capital Territory
-
-
np
np
Australia
11.6
1.2
47.3
5.0
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

4 Industrial disputes which ended during the quarter(a)
December Quarter 2008
March Quarter 2009
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Working days lost
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Working days lost
no.
'000
'000
no.
'000
'000
CAUSE OF DISPUTE
Enterprise Bargaining (EB) related
Remuneration
6
1.0
2.5
6
0.3
1.5
Employment conditions
12
48.2
20.9
8
3.2
3.1
Other EB related
3
0.3
0.3
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
5
1.3
1.9
1
-
-
Employment conditions
1
37.7
59.5
3
0.5
0.7
Health and safety
1
0.1
0.1
5
0.6
0.3
Job security
2
0.1
0.1
8
1.5
2.0
Managerial policy
8
4.7
6.9
8
0.7
0.7
Union issues
2
1.1
0.8
3
0.5
0.9
Other non-EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
40
94.6
92.9
42
7.4
9.3
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
23
50.6
17.8
24
5.3
2.2
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
6
41.4
65.8
8
1.5
2.4
Over 2 and less than 5 days
8
2.3
7.7
5
0.2
0.6
5 and less than 10 days
2
np
np
2
0.2
1.2
10 days and over
1
np
np
3
0.2
2.9
Total
40
94.6
92.9
42
7.4
9.3
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
10
2.9
1.0
5
0.2
0.6
State legislation
3
0.5
0.4
3
0.7
0.6
Federal legislation
3
0.7
1.5
8
1.9
3.1
Pre-determined return to work
17
88.0
83.1
20
4.2
4.5
Resumption without negotiation
7
2.5
6.9
5
0.4
0.5
Mediation
-
-
-
1
-
-
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
40
94.6
92.9
42
7.4
9.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 12