6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2010 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/12/2010   
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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

Quarter
Year ended
June 2010
September 2010
September 2009
September 2010
Number of disputes
Commenced in period (no.)
48
62
202
221
Total (no.)
56
72
207
233
Employees involved
Newly involved ('000)
12.3
14.2
122.2
58.8
Total ('000)
13.9
16.0
124.0
60.7
Working days lost ('000)
24.0
46.6
119.1
144.1

Working days lost
Graph: Quarterly Industrial Disputes Data from 9/2007 onwards - PPW graph data



SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


QUARTERLY ESTIMATES
  • For the September quarter 2010, there were 72 disputes, 16 more than in the June quarter 2010.
  • The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the September quarter 2010 was 16,000, an increase from 13,900 in the June quarter 2010.
  • There were 46,600 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the September quarter 2010, an increase from 24,000 in the June quarter 2010.
  • The Coal mining industry accounted for 20,800 (45%) of the total number of working days lost in the September quarter 2010. The Coal mining industry also had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (466.3) for the quarter.
  • In the September quarter 2010, New South Wales accounted for 19,400 (42%) of working days lost. New South Wales also had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (6.3) for the quarter.


YEAR ENDED ESTIMATES
  • During the year ended September 2010, there were 233 disputes, 26 more than in the year ended September 2009.
  • During the year ended September 2010, there were 144,100 working days lost compared with 119,100 in the year ended September 2009.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
December 2010 10 March 2011
March 2011 2 June 2011



REVISIONS

Revisions have been made to June quarter 2010 estimates of working days lost per thousand employees, as a result of revisions to Labour Force Survey estimates (see Glossary).


INQUIRIES

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