Award Coverage

NAME OF ORGANISATION
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

OVERVIEW

The Award Coverage (6315.0) publication is based on data of the award coverage of employees, obtained from the 1990 Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours (EEH).

PURPOSE

The survey (EEH) was designed primarily to provide statistics on the distribution and composition of weekly earnings and hours of employees. The information in the Award Coverage publication is based on responses to an additional question on award coverage.

SCOPE

All wage and salary earners in scope for the Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours

DATA DETAIL

Conceptual framework

The information contained in the publication is based on responses to a question in the survey which asked if employees were covered by an award, determination, or collective agreement, and is cross-classified by other data items obtained from the survey.

Main outputs

In publication Award Coverage , Australia (6315.0) there are 9 tables plus summary of findings. Tables 1 to 4 cover all employees, tables 5 and 6 cover full-time adult non-managerial employees, table 7 covers part-time non-managerial employees, table 8 covers private sector employees, table 9 covers major awards.

Classifications

Award coverage by industry (ASIC) , Award coverage by occupation, Non-managerial employees, Full-time employees, Part-time employees, Sector , Major award, Jurisdiction, Employee Category, Employer Unit Size

Other concepts (summary)

Collective agreements, Award coverage rate, Employees covered by awards, Federal awards, Managerial employees, State awards

GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
ACT

Comments and/or Other Regions

COLLECTION FREQUENCY
5 Yearly

Frequency comments

COLLECTION HISTORY

Total time frame for all forms is 1954 to 1990.

DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes

Data availability comments