1001.0 - Annual Report - ABS Annual Report, 2002-03

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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)


	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03

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

National Accounts	59	55	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54
International Accounts	52	53	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56
International Trade	25	23	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
Financial Accounts	27	26	18	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Public Sector Accounts	55	48	24	-	2	6	-	2	2	-	-	-	37
Prices	118	105	57	26	11	3	4	3	1	2	-	-	107
Business Indicators	53	55	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54
Economy Wide Statistics	39	36	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33
Business Demography	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Science and Technology	35	37	16	-	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	34
Agriculture	46	64	8	-	-	-	-	-	45	-	-	-	53
Mining	11	8	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6
Manufacturing	51	47	2	44	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	53
Construction	46	46	1	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	42
Transport	48	30	2	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
Service Industries	81	69	25	-	35	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	64
Tourism	16	12	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Environment	18	22	18	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	24
Statistical Consultancy	11	8	1	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7
Statistical Cordination	5	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Australian Economic Indicators	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Rural and Regional Statistics National Centre	-	10	-	-	2	2	-	10	2	1	-	-	17
State and Territory Statistical Services	67	53	-	22	8	13	3	13	12	3	6	-	80
Census of Population and Housing	188	755	76	-	-	2	1	3	1	-	1	46	129
Demography	45	44	22	3	1	11	2	4	2	2	-	-	49
Labour and Education Statistics	167	166	59	-	1	-	104	-	-	-	-	-	165
Social Conditions Statistics	52	55	5	-	26	2	2	11	1	11	-	-	58
Health and Community Statistics	111	107	95	-	-	17	4	-	-	-	-	-	117
Geography	28	21	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Mathematical Statistics	69	65	46	5	6	2	4	4	3	-	-	-	68
Business Register	59	49	4	3	27	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	42
Business Methods	71	60	18	18	24	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	60
Analytical Services and Time Series Analysis	35	40	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42
Economic Statistics Standards	20	19	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Population Statistics Standards	23	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Population Surveys	201	182	61	29	21	25	14	19	8	8	-	-	185
Dissemination	68	67	47	-	13	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	65
Marketing and Public Affairs	35	26	16	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	23
Client Services	128	115	22	38	21	7	13	6	4	3	2	-	116
Library Services	22	21	13	2	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	21
Information Technology Bureau	238	256	193	7	8	10	4	7	8	1	-	-	238
Technology Application	210	198	152	8	7	10	11	10	13	1	-	-	212
Data Management	13	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
Technology Research	6	4	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
Business Income Tax Data	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Economic Statistics Data Centre	5	4	31	9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	42
Executive	47	45	1	9	7	6	5	6	4	5	2	-	45
People Management	145	145	93	14	7	7	6	6	4	2	-	-	139
Financial Resources	36	29	12	2	4	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	23
Corporate Planning and Secretariat	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Property and Faciltities Management	75	69	30	5	11	4	2	3	3	2	-	-	58
International Relations	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Economic Statistics Group Support	59	55	18	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	32
Population Statistics Group Support	39	34	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Methodology Division Business Office	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Information Management Business Infrastructure	12	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Technology Services Division Support	12	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Corporate Services Division Support	19	16	10	-	-	7	2	2	-	-	1	-	21
Total Operative Staff	3,139	3,550	1,567	306	261	175	207	166	125	42	12	46	2,909
Paid Inoperative Staff (c)	84	81	53	7	7	5	10	4	2	3	1	1	93
Total Staff	3,223	3,631	1,620	313	268	180	217	170	127	45	13	47	3,002

(a) Comprises full time staff and part time staff at their full time equivalent. Excludes unpaid inoperative staff.
(b) Figures for 2000-01 and 2001-02 have been revised to reflect changes to the program structure for 2002-03. This ensures comparability across all years.
(c) 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

2001
Total staff			914	191	170	118	128	103	84	31	9	53	1,801
2002
Total staff(r)			885	168	151	91	121	100	89	16	7	392	2,020
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Australian Statistician		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Senior Executive Service		24	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	31
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	107	6	5	4	6	6	3	-	-	-	137
		Executive Officer Level 1	202	21	18	10	10	9	10	3	3	-	286
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	280	28	30	25	24	34	19	3	2	-	445
		APS Level 5	109	29	33	19	20	11	12	2	1	-	236
		APS Level 4	95	42	35	11	21	19	15	2	1	-	241
		APS Level 3	21	29	16	15	21	8	8	-	-	-	118
		APS Level 2	10	9	1	3	7	3	1	1	-	-	35
		APS Graduate	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
		APS Level 1	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
		APS Cadet	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		874	169	139	89	110	91	70	12	7	-	1,561
Unpaid inoperative staff			32	3	7	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	47
Total staff			906	172	146	92	111	92	70	12	7	-	1,608

		FEMALES

2001
Total staff			816	178	177	131	125	91	60	47	11	46	1,682
2002
Total staff(r)			811	158	155	119	123	90	72	36	7	278	1,849
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Senior Executive Service		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	41	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	-	54
		Executive Officer Level 1	134	7	17	7	8	7	1	4	-	-	185
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	212	17	29	14	13	7	10	9	1	-	312
		APS Level 5	187	33	25	18	29	23	10	6	-	-	331
		APS Level 4	119	40	27	16	15	19	10	6	5	-	257
		APS Level 3	61	28	14	31	31	17	9	3	-	-	194
		APS Level 2	15	9	1	4	5	14	1	1	-	-	50
		APS Graduate	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
		APS Level 1	-	15	14	9	9	4	4	-	-	-	55
		APS Cadet	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		804	151	129	102	111	94	46	31	7	-	1,475
Unpaid inoperative staff			41	5	11	5	7	2	1	-	-	-	72
Total staff			845	156	140	107	118	96	47	31	7	-	1,547

		TOTAL

2001
Total staff			1,792	369	347	249	253	194	144	78	20	99	3,483
2002
Total staff(r)			1,696	326	306	210	244	190	161	52	14	670	3,869
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Australian Statistician		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Senior Executive Service		30	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	37
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	148	8	7	6	7	9	4	1	1	-	191
		Executive Officer Level 1	336	28	35	17	18	16	11	7	3	-	471
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	492	45	59	39	37	41	29	12	3	-	757
		APS Level 5	296	62	58	37	49	34	22	8	1	-	567
		APS Level 4	214	82	62	27	36	38	25	8	6	-	498
		APS Level 3	82	57	30	46	52	25	17	3	-	-	312
		APS Level 2	25	18	2	7	12	17	2	2	-	-	85
		APS Graduate	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46
		APS Level 1	1	19	14	10	9	4	4	1	-	-	62
		APS Cadet	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	9
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		1,678	320	268	191	221	185	116	43	14	-	3,036
Unpaid inoperative staff			73	8	18	8	8	3	1	-	-	-	119
Total staff			1,751	328	286	199	229	188	117	43	14	-	3,155

(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 staff employed for population surveys.
(r) Revised

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

2001
Total staff			1,621	1,247	2,868	125	116	241	1,746	1,363	3,109
2002
Total staff(r)			1,545	1,194	2,739	410	351	761	1,955	1,545	3,500
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Australian Statistician		1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Senior Executive Service		31	6	37	-	-	-	31	6	37
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	132	47	179	1	-	1	133	47	180
		Executive Officer Level 1	273	149	422	2	-	2	275	149	424
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	427	248	675	1	3	4	428	251	679
		APS Level 5	231	279	510	1	3	4	232	282	514
		APS Level 4	225	208	433	6	9	15	231	217	448
		APS Level 3	95	122	217	18	26	44	113	148	261
		APS Level 2	16	25	41	11	16	27	27	41	68
		APS Graduate	22	24	46	-	-	-	22	24	46
		APS Level 1	4	5	9	-	-	-	4	5	9
		APS Cadet	2	7	9	-	-	-	2	7	9
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		1,459	1,120	2,579	40	57	97	1,499	1,177	2,676
Unpaid inoperative staff			46	51	97	-	-	-	46	51	97
Total staff			1,505	1,171	2,676	40	57	97	1,545	1,228	2,773

PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

2001
Total staff			39	285	324	16	34	50	55	319	374
2002
Total staff(r)			52	277	329	13	27	40	65	304	369
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	2	6	8	2	1	3	4	7	11
		Executive Officer Level 1	11	36	47	-	-	-	11	36	47
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	16	61	77	1	-	1	17	61	78
		APS Level 5	4	49	53	-	-	-	4	49	53
		APS Level 4	10	40	50	-	-	-	10	40	50
		APS Level 3	4	40	44	1	6	7	5	46	51
		APS Level 2	-	4	4	8	5	13	8	9	17
		APS Level 1	1	40	41	2	10	12	3	50	53
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		48	276	324	14	22	36	62	298	360
Unpaid inoperative staff			1	20	21	-	1	1	1	21	22
Total staff			49	296	345	14	23	37	63	319	382

TOTAL

2001
Total staff			1,660	1,532	3,192	141	150	291	1,801	1,682	3,483
2002
Total staff(r)			1,597	1,471	3,068	423	378	801	2,020	1,849	3,869
2003
Operative and paid inoperative staff
	Australian Statistician		1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Senior Executive Service		31	6	37	-	-	-	31	6	37
	Executive Officer
		Executive Officer Level 2	134	53	187	3	1	4	137	54	191
		Executive Officer Level 1	284	185	469	2	-	2	286	185	471
	Australian Public Service
		APS Level 6	443	309	752	2	3	5	445	312	757
		APS Level 5	235	328	563	1	3	4	236	331	567
		APS Level 4	235	248	483	6	9	15	241	257	498
		APS Level 3	99	162	261	19	32	51	118	194	312
		APS Level 2	16	29	45	19	21	40	35	50	85
		APS Graduate	22	24	46	-	-	-	22	24	46
		APS Level 1	5	45	50	2	10	12	7	55	62
		APS Cadet	2	7	9	-	-	-	2	7	9
	Total operative and paid inoperative staff		1,507	1,396	2,903	54	79	133	1,561	1,475	3,036
Unpaid inoperative staff			47	71	118	-	1	1	47	72	119
Total staff			1,554	1,467	3,021	54	80	134	1,608	1,547	3,155

4.4 REPRESENTATION OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) GROUPS:
ONGOING ABS STAFF AT 30 JUNE 2003(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	59	52	1	-	5	3	37
%	-	88.1	1.7	-	8.5	5.1	62.7
Australian Public Service Level 2 and equivalent classifications	46	30	5	8	2	7	45
%	-	65.2	10.9	17.4	4.3	15.2	97.8
Australian Public Service Level 3 and equivalent classifications	318	193	32	30	5	12	311
%	-	60.7	10.1	9.4	1.6	3.8	97.8
Australian Public Service Level 4 and equivalent classifications	511	263	56	57	2	17	504
%	-	51.5	11.0	11.2	0.4	3.3	98.6
Australian Public Service Level 5 and equivalent classifications	591	346	61	58	2	12	582
%	-	58.5	10.3	9.8	0.3	2.0	98.5
Australian Public Service Level 6 and equivalent classifications	778	324	90	54	1	27	771
%	-	41.6	11.6	6.9	0.1	3.5	99.1
Executive Level 1 and equivalent classifications	485	196	41	30	-	22	477
%	-	40.4	8.5	6.2	-	4.5	98.4
Executive Level 2 and equivalent classifications	192	57	15	8	-	7	190
%	-	29.7	7.8	4.2	-	3.6	99.0
Senior Executive Service	41	6	2	1	-	3	41
%	-	14.6	4.9	2.4	-	7.3	100.0

Total	3,021	1,467	303	246	17	110	2,958
% of total ongoing staff	-	48.6	10.0	8.1	0.6	3.6	97.9

(a) Inoperative staff are included in each category.

Note: 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	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03

Interviewer enumerated statistical collections (mainly household surveys)	214	193	211
Census of population and housing (including preparations for the census)	61	1,345	3
Total	275	1,538	214

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	-	114	114
	Engagement-Other	-	133	133
	Movement from outside the ABS	-	27	27
	Total Intake	-	274	274
Separations
	Movement to outside the ABS	-	62	62
	Resignation	3	125	128
	Death	-	3	3
	Dismissal	-	2	2
	Retirement-Invalidity	-	6	6
	Retirement-Age 55-59 years	-	19	19
	Retirement-Age 60-64 years	-	7	7
	Retirement-Age 65 years and over	-	3	3
	Retirement-Other(b)	-	86	86
	Total Separations	3	313	316

(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 (SES) STAFF BY SALARY LEVEL, GENDER AND LOCATION AT 30 JUNE(a)


	Salary Band			Gender
Year and location	1	2	3	Male	Female	Total

2001 Total	27	6	2	30	5	35
2002 Total	25	6	1	27	5	32
2003
Australian Capital Territory	20	6	2	22	6	28
New South Wales	1	-	-	1	-	1
Victoria	1	-	-	1	-	1
Queensland	1	-	-	1	-	1
South Australia	1	-	-	1	-	1
Western Australia	1	-	-	1	-	1
Tasmania	1	-	-	1	-	1
Total	26	6	2	28	6	34

(a) Excludes the Australian Statistician, who is a statutory office holder appointed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975, as well as inoperative SES staff and non-substantive SES officers acting in SES positions.

4.8 ABS STAFF TRAINING(a)


	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03

Total ABS operative staff(b)	3,139	(c)3,550	2,909
Attendance days	15,731	14,911	14,797
Average training days	5	4	5

(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 Data Processing Centre non-ongoing staff who received on-the-job training as a primary source of skilling.

Learning and Development is continuing the strategy of smaller modular-based training programs in line with business needs. This has resulted in programs of shorter duration and more specific focus. Learning and Development has also considerably increased partnering efforts with line areas in instructional design, particularly of statistical training. This has resulted in very well received programs such as the recently released analytical writing suite of modules. Major efforts have been made to support both managers and staff impacted by the Business Statistics Innovation Program. Learning and Development has implemented a national business approach which is resulting in greater consistency and a more strategic focus in learning activities delivered.

NUMBER OF 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 2003 = 35

Number of ABS staff covered by an AWA at 30 June 2003 = 182

Number of ABS staff covered by the ABS Certified Agreement 2001-2003 at 30 June 2003 = 2,818

Number of interviewers and non-ongoing office assistants covered by the ABS Interviewers Certified Agreement 2002-2003 at 30 June 2003 = 599

4.9 SALARY RANGES AVAILABLE BY CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE FROM 4 JULY 2002


Level	Minimum ($)	Maximum ($)

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 2 JANUARY 2003


Level	Minimum ($)	Maximum ($)

Executive Level 2	73,283	88,578
SES1	99,625	n.a.
SES2	121,503	n.a.
SES3	145,470	n.a.

n.a. not applicable

DESCRIPTION OF THE ABS REMUNERATION SYSTEM
The ABS salary system is two tiered. For 2002-03 there was a general increase of three per cent which included a component of productivity. All staff who performed capably or better received this salary increase together with a further salary increase based on their performance rating and position in their classification’s salary range. Both components contributed towards a permanent increase to employees’ salaries. These arrangements provided an average pay increase of 4.69 per cent across all levels in 2002-03.
The tables below provide information in respect of staff who received the additional performance based salary increase. For APS1 to EL2 staff, the total number of employees paid performance based salary increases decreased year on year, due to a higher proportion of staff being on the 80 per cent point in their classification’s salary range. Under the salary system in operation in the ABS at this time, a performance based salary increase could only be paid to an employee at the 80 per cent point in their salary range, if the employee was given the highest rating of outstanding.

4.11 STAFF PAID PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES IN JULY 2002


Level	No.

APS1 - Adult	61
Graduate	40
APS2	16
APS3	253
APS4	378
APS5	502
APS6	467
Executive Level 1	408

4.12 STAFF PAID PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES IN JANUARY 2003


Level	No.

Executive Level 2	137
SES1	28
SES2 and 3	9

4.13 AGGREGATED PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JULY 2002


Level	$

APS1 - Adult	29,705
Graduate	28,462
APS2	10,373
APS3	169,856
APS4	373,953
APS5	509,023
APS6	648,530
Executive Level 1	499,183

4.14 AGGREGATED PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JANUARY 2003


Level	$

Executive Level 2	268,111
SES1	73,280
SES2 and 3	36,411

4.15 AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JULY 2002


Level	$

APS1 - Adult	487
Graduate	712
APS2	648
APS3	671
APS4	989
APS5	1,014
APS6	1,389
Executive Level 1	1,223

4.16 AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BASED SALARY INCREASES MADE TO ABS STAFF IN JANUARY 2003


Level	$

Executive Level 2	1,957
SES1	2,617
SES2 and 3	4,046

As prescribed by the ABS Certified Agreement 2001-2003, employees on the specified maximum for each salary range who were rated as outstanding were paid a non-superannuable bonus of $500. In the July 2002 remuneration process 32 APS6 employees, one APS4 employee and three APS2 employees received a bonus payment, and in the January 2003 remuneration process, 13 EL2 employees received a bonus. The aggregate bonus payment for the ABS as a whole was $24,500.

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 2002-03 was $84,898.