6342.0 - Working Time Arrangements, Australia, November 2009 
Quality Declaration
Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 21/05/2010
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
5 Students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for people with disabilities), and inmates of prisons are excluded from all supplementary surveys. 6 This supplementary survey was conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but excluded people living in Indigenous communities in very remote parts of Australia. 7 Employees in their main job aged 15-19 years who were still at school, contributing family workers, and persons who receive payment in kind, were also excluded from this survey. COVERAGE 8 The estimates in this publication relate to people covered by the survey in November 2009. In the LFS, coverage rules are applied which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling, and hence has only one chance of selection in the survey. See Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) for more details. SAMPLE SIZE 9 Supplementary surveys are not always conducted on the full LFS sample. Since August 1994, the sample for supplementary surveys has been restricted to no more than seven-eighths of the LFS sample. 10 The initial sample for the November 2009 LFS consisted of 34,360 private dwelling households and special dwelling units. Of the 27,702 private dwelling households and special dwelling units that remained in the survey after sample loss (e.g. households selected in the survey which had no residents in scope for the LFS, vacant or derelict dwellings and dwellings under construction), approximately 26,376 or 95.2% were fully responding to the Working Time Arrangements survey. The number of completed interviews obtained from these private dwellings and special dwelling units (after taking into account scope, coverage and sub-sampling exclusions) was 24,159. RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES 11 Estimates in this publication are subject to sampling and non-sampling errors:
SEASONAL FACTORS 12 The estimates are based on information collected in the survey month and, due to seasonal factors, may not be representative of other months of the year. CLASSIFICATIONS USED 13 Country of birth data are classified according to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 1998 (cat. no. 1269.0). 14 From 2006, occupation data are classified according to the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition, 2006 (cat. no. 1220.0). This new classification replaces the ASCO - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, 1997 (cat. no. 1220.0). 15 Also from 2006, industry data are classified according to the ANZSIC - Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0). This new classification replaces the ANZSIC - Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 1993 (cat. no. 1292.0). NOTES ON ESTIMATES 16 Employees are classified as 'with paid leave entitlements' if they said 'yes' to either of the following questions:
17 People with paid leave entitlements were not asked about whether they had any say in the days on which they worked. 18 People who were away from work during the reference week were included in the 'Less than 1 hour/no hours' category for the data item 'Hours actually worked in main job'. 19 For the data item 'Days of the week usually worked in all jobs', people who reported that they worked from 'Monday to Friday', inclusive, were categorised as working 'Monday to Friday'. These people may have reported that they also worked on Saturday and Sunday in their job/s. People who reported that the usual days of the week worked varied were categorised only to days varied. A response of days varied could not be provided with any other response. 20 The responses given by multiple jobholders for the data items 'Days of the week usually worked in all jobs', 'Number of days of the week usually worked in all jobs' and 'Whether worked weekdays and/or weekends in all jobs', does not imply that this was their usual pattern of work in each of their jobs, rather this was their total pattern of work in all of their jobs. CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE 21 Information for the data item 'Whether compensated for extra hours or overtime worked', presented in the 2006 publication, was collected for employees who usually worked unpaid extra hours or overtime. This has been replaced with the data item, 'Whether usually worked extra hours or overtime and how compensated for overtime worked'. Information for this item was collected from employees who usually worked any extra hours or overtime, regardless of whether it was paid or unpaid. 22 Additionally in 2006, only employees who did not usually work the same number of hours of work each week received questions about whether they were guaranteed a minimum number of hours of work each week. In 2009, all employees were asked whether they were guaranteed a minimum number of hours of work each week. 23 The data item 'Whether had a formal system of working flexible hours' presented in the 2006 publication, has been replaced with 'Whether had an agreement with the employer to work flexible hours' in this publication. 24 The data items, 'Whether usually worked any hours between 7pm and 7am in all jobs' and 'Whether usually worked extra hours or overtime' presented in the 2006 publication, are not available in the 2009 publication, as this information was not collected in November 2009. 25 An additional data item has been presented in the 2009 publication. This item is, 'Whether usually worked shift work and type of shift usually worked'. 26 In 2006, for the data item 'Whether compensated for extra hours or overtime worked', people who reported their most recent period of unpaid overtime was not 'included in their salary package', and they were not 'entitled to receive time off in lieu', and they would not be compensated in some other way, were categorised as having unpaid extra hours or overtime. In 2009, respondents were able to report that they were 'not compensated' for the extra hours or overtime worked. COMPARABILITY OF TIME SERIES 27 Revisions are made to population benchmarks for the LFS after each five-yearly Census of Population and Housing. The last such revision was made in February 2009 to take account of the results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Estimates from supplementary surveys conducted from and including February 2009 are therefore based on revised population benchmarks. COMPARABILITY WITH MONTHLY LFS STATISTICS 28 Due to differences in the scope and sample size of this supplementary survey and that of the monthly LFS, the estimation procedure may lead to some small variations between labour force estimates from this survey and those from the LFS. PREVIOUS SURVEYS 29 Results of similar surveys, conducted in August 1993, August 1995, August 1997, November 2000 and November 2003 were published in Working Arrangements, Australia (cat. no. 6342.0), and in the standard data service Working Arrangements, Australia (cat. no. 6342.0.40.001). In November 2006 the survey was renamed Working Time Arrangements, Australia (cat. no. 6342.0). NEXT SURVEY 30 The ABS plans to conduct this survey again in November 2012. ACKNOWLEDEGMENT 31 ABS publications draw extensively on information provided freely by individuals, businesses, governments and other organisations. Their continued cooperation is very much appreciated: without it, the wide range of statistics published by the ABS would not be available. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905. RELATED PUBLICATIONS 32 ABS publications which may also be of interest include:
33 Current publications and other products released by the ABS are available from the Statistics Page on the ABS website. The ABS also issues a daily Release Advice on the website which details products to be released in the week ahead. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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