6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Mar 2019 Quality Declaration 
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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
March Quarter 2017
27
32
22.0
22.7
25.6
June Quarter 2017
41
49
22.7
27.8
40.2
September Quarter 2017
40
57
6.3
8.1
45.9
December Quarter 2017
46
67
14.7
17.1
36.7
March Quarter 2018
19
24
3.8
4.0
14.9
June Quarter 2018
42
48
14.4
14.6
12.5
September Quarter 2018
44
51
13.6
13.8
47.4
December Quarter 2018
53
62
r25.6
r28.8
r30.9
March Quarter 2019
32
44
7.8
9.3
16.6
r revised

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
December Quarter 2018
March Quarter 2019
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
Other mining
0.1
0.6
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
4.4
15.4
1.0
3.5
Other manufacturing
0.8
1.4
np
np
Construction
13.2
14.4
4.9
5.3
Transport, postal and warehousing
2.5
4.3
7.2
12.1
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
r6.3
2.4
0.1
0.1
Other industries(a)
3.6
0.6
2.9
0.5
All industries
r30.9
2.7
16.6
1.4
r revised
- 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
December Quarter 2018
March Quarter 2019
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
7.2
2.0
10.5
2.8
Victoria
9.1
3.0
2.3
0.8
Queensland
8.5
3.8
2.7
1.2
South Australia
np
np
np
np
Western Australia
1.2
1.0
np
np
Tasmania
np
np
0.2
0.9
Northern Territory
np
np
-
0.1
Australian Capital Territory
0.1
0.6
-
0.1
Australia
r30.9
2.7
16.6
1.4
r revised
- 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
September Quarter 2018
December Quarter 2018
Total Number of Disputes
Total Employees Involved
Working days Lost
Total Number of Disputes
Total Employees Involved
Working days Lost
no.
'000
'000
no.
'000
'000
CAUSE OF DISPUTE
Enterprise Bargaining (EB) related
Remuneration
16
1.4
3.6
14
np
np
Employment conditions (EB)
14
2.6
35.6
26
12.9
11.5
Other EB related
1
np
np
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
1
np
np
-
-
-
Employment conditions
-
-
-
2
np
np
Health and safety
5
0.7
0.8
2
0.1
0.1
Job security
1
0.7
0.7
3
np
np
Managerial policy
1
-
-
-
-
-
Union issues
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other Non EB related
3
3.6
2.4
2
11.4
7.6
Total
42
10.0
44.5
49
27.0
28.8
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
19
5.3
3.8
28
24.0
14.6
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
11
2.6
4.0
8
np
np
Over 2 and less than 5 days
5
0.3
0.9
4
0.6
1.6
5 and less than 10 days
6
0.3
2.2
3
np
np
10 days and over
1
1.5
33.6
6
0.3
5.0
Total
42
10.0
44.5
49
27.0
28.8
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
4
np
np
8
1.4
8.8
State legislation
1
-
-
-
-
-
Federal legislation
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pre-determined return to work
34
7.0
41.4
37
25.5
19.9
Resumption without negotiation
2
np
np
2
np
np
Mediation
1
0.1
0.1
2
np
np
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
42
10.0
44.5
49
27.0
28.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated