6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/12/2011   
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1 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Commenced in period
Total
Newly involved
Total
Working days lost
no.
no.
'000
'000
'000
September Quarter 2009
66
72
15.6
18.0
29.1
December Quarter 2009
69
81
25.1
27.0
44.7
March Quarter 2010
42
54
7.2
13.2
28.8
June Quarter 2010
48
56
12.3
13.9
24.0
September Quarter 2010
62
72
14.2
16.0
46.6
December Quarter 2010
63
70
15.2
17.0
27.2
March Quarter 2011
31
37
10.5
11.1
19.7
June Quarter 2011
43
53
12.8
r14.7
66.2
September Quarter 2011
53
66
63.9
66.4
101.3
r revised

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
June Quarter 2011
September Quarter 2011
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
np
np
8.5
155.8
Other mining
-
-
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
0.6
1.8
14.0
43.9
Other manufacturing
3.5
6.1
4.8
8.5
Construction
34.2
44.7
4.8
6.5
Transport, postal and warehousing
np
np
14.5
28.7
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
0.4
0.2
49.2
23.8
Other industries(a)
np
np
5.4
1.0
All industries
66.2
6.5
101.3
10.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Glossary - Industry - for details of industries included.

3 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, States and territories
June Quarter 2011
September Quarter 2011
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
2.3
0.7
52.9
16.8
Victoria
26.0
10.1
27.3
10.8
Queensland
29.3
14.2
16.5
8.0
South Australia
np
np
0.5
0.7
Western Australia
np
np
1.9
1.8
Tasmania
np
np
-
0.2
Northern Territory
-
-
-
-
Australian Capital Territory
-
-
2.0
10.4
Australia
66.2
6.5
101.3
10.1
- 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)
March Quarter 2011
June Quarter 2011
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
4
np
np
10
1.0
3.4
Employment conditions
10
1.0
4.1
11
1.4
4.2
Other EB related
1
0.1
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
-
-
-
1
np
np
Employment conditions
1
np
np
3
np
np
Health and safety
4
np
np
8
4.3
6.5
Job security
-
-
-
2
np
np
Managerial policy
5
0.2
0.4
4
0.4
0.4
Union issues
2
np
np
1
np
np
Other non-EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
27
6.0
12.7
40
9.6
22.0
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
11
1.9
1.7
22
4.5
3.5
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
6
np
np
7
np
np
Over 2 and less than 5 days
3
np
np
7
3.6
11.1
5 and less than 10 days
6
0.6
4.5
2
np
np
10 days and over
1
np
np
2
np
np
Total
27
6.0
12.7
40
9.6
22.0
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
2
np
np
7
2.0
10.1
State legislation
3
np
np
1
np
np
Federal legislation
6
0.4
0.7
9
4.8
7.4
Pre-determined return to work
14
5.2
10.9
20
2.4
4.2
Resumption without negotiation
1
np
np
2
np
np
Mediation
1
np
np
1
np
np
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
27
6.0
12.7
40
9.6
22.0
- 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