• Summary
• Downloads
• Explanatory Notes
• Related Information
• Past Releases

KEY FIGURES

			12 months
	Aug	Sep	ended
	2003	2003	Sep 2003
Number of disputes	r74	79	659
Number of employees involved ('000)	r14.3	83.6	200.7
Working days lost ('000)	r26.1	96.7	357.3
Working days lost per thousand employees	. .	. .	44
r revised
. . not applicable

Working days lost

• During September 2003, there were 79 disputes, 5 more than August 2003.

• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes increased from 14,300 in August 2003 to 83,600 in September 2003.

• There were 96,700 working days lost due to industrial disputation in September 2003, an increase of 70,600 from August 2003.

• The Education and Health and community services industries accounted for 63,200 (65%) of the total number of working days lost in September 2003. Most of these working days lost resulted from strike action by teachers in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

• In September 2003, New South Wales accounted for 49,800 (51%) of working days lost.

• During the twelve months ended September 2003, there were 659 disputes, 71 less than in the twelve months ended September 2002.

• During the twelve months ended September 2003, there were 357,300 working days lost, 85,700 more than in the twelve months ended September 2002.

• The Coal mining industry had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (426) in the twelve months ended September 2003.

• Victoria had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (65) in the twelve months ended September 2003, followed by Western Australia (61).