1001.0 - Annual Report - ABS Annual Report, 2001-02

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4.1 NUMBER OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT(a) STAFF EMPLOYED UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999:
BY PROGRAM COMPONENTS(b) AND LOCATION (staff years)


	1999-	2000-
	2000	01	2001-02

Program components	Total	Total	CO	NSW	Vic.	Qld	WA	SA	Tas.	NT	ACT	DPC	Total

National Accounts	57	59	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55
International Accounts	53	52	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53
International Trade	28	25	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
Financial Accounts	26	27	18	9.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
Public Sector Accounts	56	55	22	4.0	6	8	2	3	2	1	-	-	48
Prices	117	118	54	25.0	9	4	5	4	3	2	-	-	105
Business Statistics	53	56	5	55.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59
Economy Wide Statistics	37	39	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36
Small Business Statistics	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Science and Technology	31	35	17	-	18	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	37
Agriculture	50	46	10	-	-	1	-	-	54	-	-	-	64
Mining	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	8
Manufacturing	58	51	1	44.0	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	47
Construction	50	46	2	-	-	-	-	44	-	-	-	-	46
Transport	47	48	4	-	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
Service Industries	120	81	33	-	32	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	69
Tourism	15	16	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
Environment	14	18	16	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Statistical Consultancy	10	11	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Statistical Cordination	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Australian Economic Indicators	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Statistical Services and User Liaison	70	67	-	7.0	10	12	4	14	8	4	5	-	63
Census of Population and Housing	94	188	66	11.0	10	8	9	6	3	6	2	636	755
Demography	46	45	21	3.0	1	9	3	4	2	1	-	-	44
Labour Statistics	163	167	61	-	1	-	103	-	-	-	-	-	166
Health and Community Statistics	111	111	86	-	-	16	4	-	-	-	-	-	107
Social Conditions Statistics	51	52	-	-	22	1	1	13	1	17	-	-	55
Geography	30	28	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
Mathematical Statistics	64	69	41	5.0	5	2	5	4	3	-	-	-	65
Business Register	66	59	8	4.0	28	-	2	-	8	-	-	-	49
Business Methods	55	71	18	15.0	23	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	60
Analytical Services and Time Series Analysis	26	35	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40
Economic Statistics Standards	19	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Population Statistics Standards	25	23	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
Population Surveys	192	201	56	32	21	24	15	20	8	7	-	-	182
Dissemination	68	68	45	-	18	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	67
Marketing and Public Affairs	38	35	19	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	26
Client Services	141	128	20	37	21	9	12	6	5	3	3	-	115
Library Services	23	22	13	3	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	21
Information Technology Bureau	220	238	208	8	7	10	7	7	7	2	-	-	256
Technology Application	220	210	143	7	7	11	10	9	12	-	-	-	198
Data Management	12	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Technology Research	7	6	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
SPEED	10	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Executive	46	47	1	8	7	5	5	6	5	5	2	-	45
Human Resources Management	143	145	86	12	8	16	8	7	5	2	-	-	145
Property and Facilities Management	77	75	36	5	10	5	5	3	2	2	-	-	69
Financial Management	35	36	18	2	4	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	29
Policy Secretariat	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
International Relations	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Economic Statistics Group Support	52	53	14	9	9	4	11	4	3	1	-	-	53
Population Statistics Group Support	36	39	19	7	-	2	-	3	1	2	-	-	34
Methodology Division Business Office	5	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Information Management Division Business Office	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Technology Services Division Support	10	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Corporate Services Division Support	12	19	10	-	1	1	3	1	-	-	1	-	16
Total Operative Staff	3 045	3 139	1 523	310	287	197	220	172	134	57	13	635	3 550
Paid Inoperative Staff(b)	68	84	44	6	6	5	7	5	2	3	2	1	81
Total Staff	3 113	3 223	1 567	316	293	202	227	177	136	60	15	636	3 631

(a) Comprises full time staff and part time staff at their full time equivalent. Excludes unpaid inoperative staff.
(b) Includes staff on periods of leave greater than 12 weeks, for example, staff on long service leave and annual leave.

Note: Differences between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.

4.2 NUMBER OF ABS STAFF EMPLOYED UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999: BY LOCATION,
GENDER AND CLASSIFICATION, AT 30 JUNE (headcount)(a)


Year and classification	CO	NSW	Vic.	Qld	WA	SA	Tas.	NT	ACT	DPC	Total

MALES

2000
Total staff	952	203	167	124	130	111	85	19	2	-	1 793
2001
Total staff	914	191	170	118.0	128	103	84	31	9	53	1 801
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Australian Statistician	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Senior Executive Service (SES)	26	1	1	2.0	1	2	1	-	-	-	34
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	113	6	6	3.0	6	5	6	1	-	4	150
Executive Officer Level 1	187	18	14	10.0	13	9	9	4	1	11	276
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	269	28	30	23.0	21	28	18	3	3	13	436
APS Level 5	100	28	34	19.0	25	18	16	5	2	5	252
APS Level 4	98	42	41	12.0	20	19	12	-	1	3	248
APS Level 3	36	35	16	15.0	22	11	10	1	-	59	205
APS Level 2	15	5	4	5.0	6	6	12	2	-	3	58
APS Graduate	7	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	9
APS Level 1	1	2	-	1.0	2	-	3	-	-	293	302
APS Cadet	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Total operative and paid inoperative staff	856	165	146	90.0	117	98	88	16	7	391	1 974
Unpaid inoperative staff	27	2	5	1.0	4	2	1	-	-	-	42
Total staff	883	167	151	91.0	121	100	89	16	7	391	2 016

FEMALES

2000
Total staff	840	142	151	144.0	140	82	44	37	12	-	1 592
2001
Total staff	816	178	177	131.0	125	91	60	47	11	46	1 682
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Senior Executive Service	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	39	1	2	2	1	2	-	2	1	1	51
Executive Officer Level 1	136	5	13	6	6	9	2	4	1	7	189
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	199	12	31	14	11	5	10	8	-	17	307
APS Level 5	151	33	30	15	26	15	13	8	-	3	294
APS Level 4	121	41	29	16	26	20	6	6	2	1	268
APS Level 3	68	30	18	35	24	11	6	3	1	36	232
APS Level 2	31	12	8	11	14	12	21	-	-	3	112
APS Graduate	17	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	23
APS Level 1	1	15	13	11	10	8	12	2	-	210	282
APS Cadet	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6
Total operative and paid inoperative staff	772	149	144	110	119	85	72	35	5	278	1 769
Unpaid inoperative staff	41	9	11	9	4	5	-	1	2	-	82
Total staff	813	158	155	119	123	90	72	36	7	278	1 851

TOTAL

2000
Total staff	1 792	345	318	268	270	193	129	56	14	-	3 385
2001
Total staff	1 730	369	347	249	253	194	144	78	20	99	3 483
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Australian Statistician	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Senior Executive Service	31	1	1	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	39
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	152	7	8	5	7	7	6	3	1	5	201
Executive Officer Level 1	323	23	27	16	19	18	11	8	2	18	465
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	468	40	61	37	32	33	28	11	3	30	743
APS Level 5	251	61	64	34	51	33	29	13	2	8	546
APS Level 4	219	83	70	28	46	39	18	6	3	4	516
APS Level 3	104	65	34	50	46	22	16	4	1	95	437
APS Level 2	46	17	12	16	20	18	33	2	-	6	170
APS Graduate	24	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	32
APS Level 1	2	17	13	12	12	8	15	2	-	503	584
APS Cadet	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	9
Total operative and paid inoperative staff	1 628	314	290	200	236	183	160	51	12	669	3 743
Unpaid inoperative staff	68	11	16	10	8	7	1	1	2	-	124
Total staff	1 696	325	306	210	244	190	161	52	14	669	3 867

(a) Being paid at the classification shown at 30 June each year. Includes the Australian Statistician, who is a statutory office holder appointed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975. Excludes casual staff employed for short periods for population surveys.

4.3 NUMBER OF ABS STAFF EMPLOYED UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999:
BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS, GENDER AND CLASSIFICATION, AT 30 JUNE (headcount)(a)


	Ongoing			Non-Ongoing			Gender

Year and classification	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

FULL TIME EMPLOYEES

2000
Total staff	1,670	1,235	2,905	67.0	101	168	1,737	1,336	3,073
2001
Total staff	1,621	1,247	2,868	125.0	116	241	1,746	1,363	3,109
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Australian Statistician	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Senior Executive Service	34	5	39	-	-	-	34	5	39
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	144	45	189	1.0	-	1	145	45	190
Executive Officer Level 1	268	155	423	1.0	1	2	269	156	425
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	416	250	666	4.0	2	6	420	252	672
APS Level 5	244	249	493	2.0	3	5	246	252	498
APS Level 4	229	216	445	8.0	12	20	237	228	465
APS Level 3	120	124	244	72.0	63	135	192	187	379
APS Level 2	30	37	67	25.0	58	83	55	95	150
APS Graduate	9	23	32	-	-	-	9	23	32
APS Level 1	3	5	8	295.0	213	508	298	218	516
APS Cadet	3	6	9	-	-	-	3	6	9
Total operative and paid inoperative staff	1,501	1,115	2,616	408.0	352	760	1,909	1,467	3,376
Unpaid inoperative staff	40	63	103	1.0	-	1	41	63	104
Total staff	1,541	1,178	2,719	409.0	352	761	1,950	1,530	3,480

PART TIME EMPLOYEES

2000
Total staff	38	221	259	18.0	35	53	56	256	312
2001
Total staff	39	285	324	16	34	50	55	319	374
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	3	6	9	2	-	2	5	6	11
Executive Officer Level 1	7	33	40	-	-	-	7	33	40
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	16	53	69	-	2	2	16	55	71
APS Level 5	6	42	48	-	-	-	6	42	48
APS Level 4	10	39	49	1	1	2	11	40	51
APS Level 3	7	37	44	6	8	14	13	45	58
APS Level 2	1	10	11	2	7	9	3	17	20
APS Level 1	2	56	58	2	8	10	4	64	68
Total operative and paidinoperative staff	52	276	328	13	26	39	65	302	367
Unpaid inoperative staff	1	19	20	-	-	-	1	19	20
Total staff	53	295	348	13	26	39	66	321	387

TOTAL

2000
Total staff	1,708	1,456	3,164	85	136	221	1,793	1,592	3,385
2001
Total staff	1,660	1,532	3,192	141	150	291	1,801	1,682	3,483
2002
Operative and paid inoperative staff
Australian Statistician	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Senior Executive Service	34	5	39	-	-	-	34	5	39
Executive Officer
Executive Officer Level 2	147	51	198	3	-	3	150	51	201
Executive Officer Level 1	275	188	463	1	1	2	276	189	465
Australian Public Service
APS Level 6	432	303	735	4	4	8	436	307	743
APS Level 5	250	291	541	2	3	5	252	294	546
APS Level 4	239	255	494	9	13	22	248	268	516
APS Level 3	127	161	288	78	71	149	205	232	437
APS Level 2	31	47	78	27	65	92	58	112	170
APS Graduate	9	23	32	-	-	-	9	23	32
APS Level 1	5	61	66	297	221	518	302	282	584
APS Cadet	3	6	9	-	-	-	3	6	9
Total operative and paid inoperative staff	1,553	1,391	2,944	421	378	799	1,974	1,769	3,743
Unpaid inoperative staff	41	82	123	1	-	1	42	82	124
Total staff	1,594	1,473	3,067	422	378	800	2,016	1,851	3,867

4.4 REPRESENTATION OF EEO GROUPS: ONGOING ABS STAFF AT 30 JUNE 2002(a)


		Number of ongoing staff and percentage of total ongoing staff

Level		Total Ongoing Staff	Women	NESB1	NESB2	ATSI	PWD	EEO Coverage

Australian Public Service Level 1 and equivalent classifications		76	68	1	2	5	5	19
	%	-	89.5	1.3	2.6	6.6	6.6	25.0

Australian Public Service Level 2 and equivalent classifications		116	73	9	12	1	14	113
	%	-	62.9	7.8	10.3	0.9	12.1	97.4

Australian Public Service Level 3 and equivalent classifications		298	168	39	37	3	14	290
	%	-	56.4	13.1	12.4	1.0	4.7	97.3

Australian Public Service Level 4 and equivalent classifications		517	270	56	57	3	17	508
	%	-	52.2	10.8	11.0	0.6	3.3	98.3

Australian Public Service Level 5 and equivalent classifications		573	316	59	52	2	16	560
	%	-	55.1	10.3	9.1	0.3	2.8	97.7

Australian Public Service Level 6 and equivalent classifications		762	320	87	53	1	29	727
	%	-	42.0	11.4	7.0	0.1	3.8	95.4

Executive Level 1 and equivalent classifications		474	197	35	24	-	21	453
	%	-	41.6	7.4	5.1	-	4.4	95.6

Executive Level 2 and equivalent classifications		206	55	17	8	-	6	198
	%	-	26.7	8.3	3.9	-	2.9	96.1

Senior Executive Service		45	6	2	1	-	3	45
	%	-	13.3	4.4	2.2	-	6.7	100.0
Total		3,067	1,473	305	246	15	125	2,913
% of total ongoing staff		-	48.0	9.9	8.0	0.5	4.1	95.0

(a) Inoperative staff are included in each category.

Note: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) coverage is the number of ongoing staff who have elected to provide EEO information. EEO groups are not mutually exclusive and any individual officer may be included in more than one group. Percentages are based on total ongoing staff.

Key
NESB1 - People with non-English speaking background, first generation.
NESB2 - People with non-English speaking background, second generation.
PWD - People with disabilities.
ATSI - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

4.5 STAFF ENGAGED UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905
(staff years)


Purpose	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02

Interviewer enumerated statistical collections (mainly household surveys)	217	214	193
Census of population and housing (including preparations for the census)	19	61	1,345
Total	236	275	1,538

4.6 ABS INTAKE AND SEPARATIONS OF ONGOING STAFF 2001–02(a)
(number)


Method of intake and type of separation	SES	Non SES	Total

Intake
Engagement - National Graduate Recruitment Campaign	-	89	89
Engagement - Other	-	74	74
Movement from outside the ABS	-	6	6
Total Intake	-	169	169

Separations
Movement to outside the ABS	-	51	51
Resignation	-	179	179
Death	-	3	3
Dismissal	-	10	10
Retirement - Invalidity	-	1	1
Retirement - Age 55-59 years	2	15	17
Retirement - Age 60-64 years	-	8	8
Retirement - Age 65 years and over	-	2	2
Retirement - Other(b)	-	31	31
Total Separations	2	300	302

(a) Excludes non-ongoing inward and outward movements.
(b) Includes staff retired under Section 29 and Section 30 of the Public Service Act 1999.

4.7 NUMBER OF ABS SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE STAFF BY SALARY LEVEL,
GENDER AND LOCATION AT 30 JUNE


			Salary Band			Gender

Year and location	1	2	3	Male	Female	Total

2000 Total	26	5	2	28	5	33
2001 Total	27	6	2	30	5	35
2002
Australian Capital Territory	20	6	1	22.0	5.0	27.0
New South Wales	1	-	-	1	-	1
Victoria	1	-	-	1	-	1
Queensland	1	-	-	1	-	1
South Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Australia	1	-	-	1	-	1
Tasmania	1	-	-	1	-	1
Total	25	6	1	27	5	32

4.8 ABS STAFF TRAINING(a) (number)


	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02

Total ABS operative staff(b)	3,045	3,139	(c)3,550
Staff attendances at training	17,637	14,850	17,826
Attendance days	17,691	15,731	14,911
Average training days	5.8	5.0	4.2

(a) Excludes on-the-job training.
(b) Comprises full time and part time staff at their full time equivalent.
(c) Operative staff number includes 611 DPC non ongoing staff who received on-the-job training as a primary source of skilling.

The concerted efforts by ABS Learning and Development to align the training opportunities offered with workplace needs has continued this year and is reflected in the increase in the number of staff attending training opportunities and a reduction in the number of attendance days required to deliver that training. The trend has been towards fewer days duration for programs which are designed to meet specific business needs. With an increase in the involvement of subject matter experts in instructional design and course facilitation in both statistical training and information technology streams, there has been a stronger delivery of skills required in the workplace. Again this year the ABS has sponsored a Graduate Certificate in Statistics - a professional tertiary qualification specifically designed to develop the statistical skills base of the ABS.

New modes of delivery have resulted in learning opportunities being offered as online learning programs and computer based training programs. These attendances are not included in the above figures.

A lower intake during 2001-02 has reduced the number of induction and orientation places required.

NUMBER OF ABS STAFF COVERED BY A CERTIFIED AGREEMENT OR AN AUSTRALIAN WORKPLACE AGREEMENT (AWA), BY THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) AND NON-SES:

Number of SES staff covered by an AWA at 30 June 2002 = 36

Number of ABS staff covered by an AWA at 30 June 2002 = 411

Number of ABS staff covered by the ABS Certified Agreement 2001-2003 at 30 June 2002 = 2,687

Number of interviewers covered by the ABS Interviewers Certified Agreement 2002-2003 at 30 June 2002 = 587

Number of non-ongoing staff covered by the ABS Census Data Processing Centre Certified Agreement 2001-2002 at 30 June 2002 = 608

4.9 SALARY RANGES AVAILABLE BY CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE FROM 4 JULY 2001


	Minimum	Maximum
Level	$	$

APS1 - Adult	27,566	31,701
Graduate	30,467	35,673
APS2	31,199	35,878
APS3	35,533	40,863
APS4	39,605	45,545
APS5	44,174	50,800
APS6	49,140	56,511
Executive Level 1	61,114	70,281

4.10 SALARY RANGES AVAILABLE BY CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE FROM 3 JANUARY 2002


	Minimum	Maximum
Level	$	$

Executive Level 2	70 712	85 561
SES1	96 723	n.a.
SES2	117 964	n.a.
SES3	141 233	n.a.

n.a. not applicable

DESCRIPTION OF THE ABS REMUNERATION SYSTEM

The ABS remuneration system is two tiered. There is a percentage based general increase (2.75 per cent in 2001-02) which includes a component of productivity. All staff who perform capably or better receive this salary increase. Employees can receive a further salary increase based upon their performance rating and depending where they are in the salary range for their APS level. Both components are a permanent increase to an employee’s salary. These arrangements provided an average pay increase of 4.49 per cent across all levels in 2001-02. The overall increase in the ABS salary budget is about 3.6 per cent because there are more departures at the higher end of the salary scales and promotions are at the lower end of the salary scales.

The tables below provide information in respect of staff who received the additional performance based salary increase.

4.11 STAFF PAID PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES IN JULY 2001


Level	Number

APS1	71
Graduate	10
APS2	84
APS3	326
APS4	528
APS5	568
APS6	470
Executive Level 1	446

4.12 STAFF PAID PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES IN JANUARY 2002


Level	Number

Executive Level 2	165
SES1	29
SES2 and 3	8

4.13 AGGREGATED PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JULY 2001


Level	$

APS1	50,671
Graduate	6,081
APS2	43,410
APS3	232,816
APS4	472,530
APS5	560,346
APS6	599,398
Executive Level 1	555,308

4.14 AGGREGATED PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JANUARY 2002


Level	$

Executive Level 2	288,082
SES1	80,484
SES2 and 3	30,560

4.15 AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JULY 2001


Level	$

APS1	714
Graduate	608
APS2	517
APS3	714
APS4	895
APS5	987
APS6	1,275
Executive Level 1	1,245

4.16 AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JANUARY 2002


Level	$

Executive Level 2	1,746
SES1	2,775
SES2 and 3	3,820

As prescribed by the ABS Certified Agreement, employees on the specified maximum for each salary range who are rated as outstanding are eligible for a non-superannuable bonus of $500 in each year for which an outstanding rating is achieved. In the July 2001 remuneration process 37 APS6 employees and one APS4 employee received a bonus payment of $500. The aggregate bonus payment for the ABS as a whole was $19,000.

REWARD AND RECOGNITION

The ABS operates a reward and recognition scheme to recognise exceptional one-off achievements by individuals or workgroups. Rewards under the scheme may be in the form of certificates, hospitality (such as workgroup lunches), prepaid vouchers and cash bonuses. Total expenditure on the scheme in 2001-02 was $146,031.