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Employee Earnings and Hours - dissemination intentions

The Employee Earnings and Hours Survey provides data on the composition and distribution of employee earnings, hours they are paid for, and the methods used to set their pay.

The ABS is currently working on the development of the first confidentialised unit record file (CURF) for Employee Earnings and Hours using data from the 2006 survey. This will be an expanded CURF accessible via the remote access data laboratory. It is expected the CURF will be available from late March 2009.

The CURF will include a derived data item titled 'jurisdictional coverage of employee'. This data item was used to create the indicative estimates as presented in the January 2008 Australian Labour Market Statistics article, Jurisdictional Coverage of Pay-Setting Arrangements.

This article used information on business structures, along with the prevailing pay-setting instrument of the employee, to provide an indication of proportions of employees in the federal and state workplace relations jurisdictions according to the post-March 2006 workplace relations system.

Capitalising on the ground work undertaken for the 2006 survey CURF development, it is likely that a CURF will be produced from the 2008 survey. For more information on CURFs please refer to the CURF Microdata Entry Page.

Results from the 2008 Employee Earnings and Hours Survey will be released in two stages. A preliminary release on 4 April 2009 will include key data items at broad levels only. Final data (including electronic spreadsheets) will follow in June. The initial release responds to a strong user need for data access to inform submissions to wage negotiation processes.

For more information please contact us on (02) 6252 7206 or email labour.statistics@abs.gov.au