6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Jun 2013 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/09/2013   
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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
June Quarter 2011
43
53
12.8
14.7
66.2
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
20.3

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
March Quarter 2013
June 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
0.2
4.8
np
np
Other mining
-
-
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
1.6
5.3
5.1
16.8
Other manufacturing
1.8
3.0
2.2
3.9
Construction
8.7
11.2
6.4
8.4
Transport, postal and warehousing
1.4
2.6
np
np
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
37.6
17.4
3.8
1.7
Other industries(a)
0.8
0.1
1.5
0.3
All industries
52.1
5.0
20.3
1.9
- 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
March Quarter 2013
June 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
4.4
1.3
6.6
2.0
Victoria
38.7
14.9
6.4
2.5
Queensland
5.5
2.6
5.8
2.7
South Australia
-
0.1
np
np
Western Australia
3.2
2.7
np
np
Tasmania
0.2
1.0
0.4
1.8
Northern Territory
-
-
-
-
Australian Capital Territory
-
-
0.1
0.3
Australia
52.1
5.0
20.3
1.9
- 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
December Quarter 2012
March 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
1.0
0.9
10
35.3
36.3
Employment conditions
21
33.9
51.0
12
2.9
4.1
Other EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
1
np
np
6
1.4
3.1
Employment conditions
4
np
np
6
0.4
0.3
Health and safety
7
1.0
0.5
5
0.6
0.9
Job security
2
9.1
5.4
3
0.1
0.1
Managerial policy
2
0.1
0.1
4
0.4
0.7
Union issues
7
0.6
0.2
2
3.1
3.0
Other non-EB related
-
-
-
3
1.0
0.7
Total
54
46.4
58.4
51
45.2
49.1
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
32
12.6
7.1
28
41.8
39.6
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
6
31.2
41.2
11
2.1
3.3
Over 2 and less than 5 days
11
2.0
7.1
5
0.7
1.9
5 and less than 10 days
3
np
np
4
np
np
10 days and over
2
np
np
3
np
np
Total
54
46.4
58.4
51
45.2
49.1
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
12
1.1
3.9
16
1.9
4.8
State legislation
1
-
0.2
-
-
-
Federal legislation
5
1.0
0.6
9
1.6
2.1
Pre-determined return to work
23
43.2
52.7
21
40.6
41.2
Resumption without negotiation
12
0.9
0.9
4
1.1
1.0
Mediation
1
0.2
0.2
1
-
-
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
54
46.4
58.4
51
45.2
49.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated