6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2010 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/12/2010   
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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 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
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

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
June Quarter 2010
September Quarter 2010
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
1.6
r42.8
20.8
466.3
Other mining
0.4
r2.7
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
6.5
r19.7
6.2
19.0
Other manufacturing
3.5
6.0
4.2
7.1
Construction
6.5
r8.7
9.0
12.5
Transport, postal and warehousing
np
np
2.6
5.5
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
np
np
0.8
0.4
Other industries(a)
3.3
0.6
3.0
0.6
All industries
24.0
r2.4
46.6
4.7
- 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 2010
September Quarter 2010
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
4.0
1.3
19.4
6.3
Victoria
6.2
2.5
13.2
5.3
Queensland
3.8
1.9
8.9
4.4
South Australia
0.2
0.2
2.4
3.4
Western Australia
9.2
r8.7
2.4
2.3
Tasmania
np
np
np
np
Northern Territory
np
np
np
np
Australian Capital Territory
np
np
np
np
Australia
24.0
r2.4
46.6
4.7
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
r revised

4 Industrial disputes which ended during the quarter(a)
March Quarter 2010
June Quarter 2010
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
12
2.2
4.8
12
1.5
3.8
Employment conditions
23
6.8
19.1
24
4.2
9.2
Other EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
-
-
-
1
np
np
Employment conditions
2
2.7
14.3
-
-
-
Health and safety
4
0.4
0.4
2
np
np
Job security
1
np
np
1
np
np
Managerial policy
2
np
np
4
0.8
0.7
Union issues
1
np
np
2
np
np
Other non-EB related
1
0.7
0.2
-
-
-
Total
46
13.0
39.5
46
10.1
17.1
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
16
3.8
3.2
20
6.6
5.4
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
8
0.5
0.9
9
2.2
3.5
Over 2 and less than 5 days
14
5.5
14.9
7
0.8
2.1
5 and less than 10 days
5
2.8
16.2
5
0.2
1.3
10 days and over
3
0.3
4.4
5
0.3
4.8
Total
46
13.0
39.5
46
10.1
17.1
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
11
0.7
1.7
10
1.0
3.4
State legislation
-
-
-
-
-
-
Federal legislation
7
np
np
10
3.2
3.5
Pre-determined return to work
26
11.3
35.7
21
5.5
9.4
Resumption without negotiation
2
np
np
3
np
np
Mediation
-
-
-
2
np
np
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
46
13.0
39.5
46
10.1
17.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 12