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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Quarter		Year ended
		December 2011	March 2012	March 2011	March 2012
Number of disputes
	Commenced in period (no.)	59	36	204	190
	Total (no.)	74	43	212	200
Employees involved
	Newly involved ('000)	46.7	6.2	52.2	129.5
	Total ('000)	51.6	6.7	53.8	131.4
Working days lost ('000)		54.3	35.8	117.5	257.6

Working days Lost

• For the March quarter 2012, there were 43 disputes, 31 less than in the December quarter 2011.
• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the March quarter 2012 was 6,700, a decrease from 51,600 in the December quarter 2011.
• There were 35,800 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the March quarter 2012, a decrease from 54,300 in the December quarter 2011.
• The Coal mining industry accounted for 15,400 (43%) of the total number of working days lost in the March quarter 2012. The Coal mining industry had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (286.9) for the quarter.

• During the year ended March 2012, there were 200 disputes, 12 fewer than in the year ended March 2011.
• During the year ended March 2012, there were 257,600 working days lost compared with 117,500 in the year ended March 2011.