6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2012 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/12/2012   
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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 2010
62
72
14.2
16.0
46.6
December Quarter 2010
63
70
15.2
17.0
27.2
March Quarter 2011
31
37
10.5
11.1
19.7
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

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
June Quarter 2012
September Quarter 2012
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
9.6
152.7
0.8
16.3
Other mining
-
-
np
np
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
0.6
1.8
4.2
13.3
Other manufacturing
12.5
21.8
13.3
22.9
Construction
9.0
12.1
44.7
62.7
Transport, postal and warehousing
0.2
0.5
np
np
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
67.8
31.7
40.4
18.8
Other industries(a)
2.0
0.3
1.6
0.3
All industries
101.7
9.9
110.0
10.8
- 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
June Quarter 2012
September Quarter 2012
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
50.1
15.5
4.0
1.3
Victoria
25.0
9.6
47.3
18.6
Queensland
26.2
12.5
50.1
24.2
South Australia
np
np
np
np
Western Australia
np
np
1.2
1.1
Tasmania
-
-
np
np
Northern Territory
-
-
-
-
Australian Capital Territory
np
np
np
np
Australia
101.7
9.9
110.0
10.8
- 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
March Quarter 2012
June Quarter 2012
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
7
0.4
0.6
6
np
np
Employment conditions
18
3.3
19.6
24
25.0
37.2
Other EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
1
np
np
1
np
np
Employment conditions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Health and safety
4
0.4
0.4
4
1.0
1.9
Job security
1
np
np
2
0.7
1.0
Managerial policy
2
0.2
0.2
6
0.5
0.4
Union issues
4
np
np
3
2.3
2.3
Other non-EB related
-
-
-
3
37.3
45.4
Total
37
5.1
21.6
49
67.1
89.5
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
16
1.8
1.2
19
27.6
26.2
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
8
1.3
2.2
12
37.7
47.4
Over 2 and less than 5 days
5
1.3
3.0
3
np
np
5 and less than 10 days
4
0.1
0.9
8
np
np
10 days and over
4
0.5
14.2
7
1.0
11.8
Total
37
5.1
21.6
49
67.1
89.5
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
5
0.5
1.6
7
0.6
5.0
State legislation
-
-
-
-
-
-
Federal legislation
7
0.8
1.0
4
0.2
0.6
Pre-determined return to work
22
3.7
18.9
33
65.3
82.8
Resumption without negotiation
3
0.1
0.1
2
np
np
Mediation
-
-
-
3
np
np
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
37
5.1
21.6
49
67.1
89.5
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated