DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
| | Quarter | Year ended |
| | September 2009 | December 2009 | December 2008 | December 2009 |
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Number of disputes | | | | |
| Commenced in period (no.) | 66 | 69 | 174 | 233 |
| Total (no.) | 72 | 81 | 177 | 236 |
Employees involved | | | | |
| Newly involved ('000) | 15.6 | 25.1 | 172.6 | 86.2 |
| Total ('000) | 18.0 | 27.0 | 172.9 | 89.3 |
Working days lost ('000) | 29.1 | 44.7 | 196.5 | 132.7 |
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Working days lost
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DECEMBER KEY POINTS
QUARTERLY ESTIMATES
- For the December quarter 2009, there were 81 disputes, 9 more than in the September quarter 2009.
- The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the December quarter 2009 was 27,000, an increase from 18,000 in the September quarter 2009.
- There were 44,700 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the December quarter 2009, an increase from 29,100 in the September quarter 2009.
- The Transport, postal and warehousing industry accounted for 15,700 (35%) of the total number of working days lost in the December quarter 2009.
- In the December quarter 2009, New South Wales accounted for 15,100 (34%) of working days lost. Western Australia had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (7.0) for the quarter.
YEAR ENDED ESTIMATES
- During the year ended December 2009, there were 236 disputes, 59 more than in the year ended December 2008.
- During the year ended December 2009, there were 132,700 working days lost compared with 196,500 in the year ended December 2008.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
March 2010 | 3 June 2010 |
June 2010 | 2 September 2010 |
REVISIONS
There are no revisions to data in this issue.
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