6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2013 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/12/2013   
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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 2011
53
66
63.9
66.4
101.3
December Quarter 2011
59
74
46.7
51.6
54.3
March Quarter 2012
36
43
6.2
6.7
35.8
June Quarter 2012
47
53
68.5
70.0
101.7
September Quarter 2012
64
68
53.7
55.8
110.0
December Quarter 2012
50
58
14.3
27.3
25.7
March Quarter 2013
51
55
46.6
46.9
52.1
June Quarter 2013
57
61
9.8
10.9
r19.8
September Quarter 2013
54
65
18.6
19.7
23.0

r revised

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry

June Quarter 2013
September Quarter 2013
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
np
np
Other mining
-
-
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
5.1
16.8
3.4
10.6
Other manufacturing
2.2
3.9
0.4
0.8
Construction
6.4
8.4
6.8
8.5
Transport, postal and warehousing
np
np
0.9
1.7
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
3.8
1.7
7.2
3.4
Other industries(a)
r1.1
r0.2
np
np
All industries
r19.8
r1.9
23.0
2.2

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
r revised
(a) See Glossary - Industry - for details of industries included.

3 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, States and territories

June Quarter 2013
September Quarter 2013
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
6.6
2.0
5.3
1.6
Victoria
r6.0
r2.3
11.0
4.3
Queensland
5.8
2.7
1.3
0.6
South Australia
np
np
0.1
0.2
Western Australia
np
np
5.1
4.3
Tasmania
0.4
1.8
-
0.1
Northern Territory
-
-
0.1
0.4
Australian Capital Territory
0.1
0.3
-
0.2
Australia
r19.8
r1.9
23.0
2.2

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
r revised

4 Industrial Disputes which ended during the quarter

March Quarter 2013
June Quarter 2013
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
10
35.3
36.3
6
0.8
1.3
Employment conditions
12
2.9
4.1
19
4.4
10.1
Other EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
6
1.4
3.1
3
0.3
0.3
Employment conditions
6
0.4
0.3
2
np
np
Health and safety
5
0.6
0.9
7
1.8
1.8
Job security
3
0.1
0.1
3
0.4
0.7
Managerial policy
4
0.4
0.7
2
np
np
Union issues
2
3.1
3.0
6
0.9
0.6
Other non-EB related
3
1.0
0.7
2
np
np
Total
51
45.2
49.1
50
10.4
17.7

WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED

Up to and including 1 day
28
41.8
39.6
30
5.0
3.3
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
11
2.1
3.3
8
2.0
3.4
Over 2 and less than 5 days
5
0.7
1.9
11
3.2
9.3
5 and less than 10 days
4
np
np
1
0.3
1.7
10 days and over
3
np
np
-
-
-
Total
51
45.2
49.1
50
10.4
17.7

REASON WORK RESUMED

Negotiation without intervention of a third party
16
1.9
4.8
7
0.7
0.6
State legislation
-
-
-
-
-
-
Federal legislation
9
1.6
2.1
12
1.6
3.4
Pre-determined return to work
21
40.6
41.2
26
7.1
12.2
Resumption without negotiation
4
1.1
1.0
4
1.0
1.3
Mediation
1
-
-
1
-
0.1
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
51
45.2
49.1
50
10.4
17.7

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated