Key Labour Statistics – Industrial Relations, Earnings and Job Vacancies |
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| Units | Year Ended Dec
1993 | Year Ended Dec
2013 |
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Industrial relations | | | |
Industrial disputes | | | |
Working days lost per thousand employees
| no. | 99.9 | 12.6 |
| '000 | 635.7 | 131.0 |
Source: Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat.no.6321.0.55.001) |
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| | Aug 1993 | Aug 2013 |
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Trade union members, proportion of all employees | % | 37.6 | 17.0 |
Source: Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (cat.no.6310.0). |
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| | 12 Months to
Dec Qtr 2003 | 12 Months to
Dec Qtr 2013 |
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Changes in wages and prices | | | |
Wage price index, total hourly rate of pay excluding bonuses | % | 3.8 | 2.5 |
Consumer price index, all groups | % | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Source: Consumer Price Index, Australia (cat.no.6401.0); Wage Price Index, Australia (cat.no.6345.0). |
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| | Nov 2003 | Nov 2013 |
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Average weekly earnings | | | |
Full-time adult ordinary time earnings | | | |
| $ | 983.50 | 1 532.10 |
| $ | 829.60 | 1 270.50 |
| $ | 929.10 | 1 437.00 |
Full-time adult total earnings | $ | 979.20 | 1 500.10 |
All employees total earnings | $ | 740.30 | 1 114.20 |
Source: Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat.no.6302.0) |
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| | Nov 1993 | Nov 2013(a) |
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Job vacancies: Trend estimates | | | |
Public Sector | '000 | 8.7 | 10.5 |
Private Sector | '000 | 41.4 | 129.8 |
Total | '000 | 50.1 | 140.3 |
(a) Caution should be used when comparing estimates from November 2009 onwards with estimates for May 2008 and previous periods, due to changes in the survey.
For further details, see Job Vacancies, Australia (6354.0).
Source: Job Vacancies, Australia (cat.no.6354.0). |