1370.0 - Measures of Australia's Progress, 2013  
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Measures of Australia's Progress

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USEFUL LINKS
ABS Topics @ a Glance - Labour
ABS Australian Labour Market Statistics (cat. no. 6105.0)
ABS Australian Social Trends: 50 years of labour force statistics now and then, Dec 2011 (cat.no. 4102.0)
ABS Australian Social Trends: Work, Life and family balance (cat.no. 4102.0)
ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2012 (cat. no. 6306.0)
ABS Flexible Working Arrangements in Queensland (cat. no. 6342.0.80.002)
ABS Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001)
ABS Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0)
ABS Working Time Arrangements, Australia (cat.no. 6342.0)
Comcare
HILDA Survey: Melbourne Institute: The University of Melbourne
Safe Work Australia
GLOSSARY


Average (mean) earnings

The amount obtained by dividing the total earnings of a group (e.g. full-time employees) by the number of employees in that group.

Agreement to work flexible hours

An agreement that is either in writing or otherwise. A written agreement can be in the form of, but not limited to, an individual written agreement between an employer and employee, or a Collective Agreement or Certified Agreement (CA) made directly between an employer and a group of employees.

Disputes

An industrial dispute is defined as a state of disagreement over an issue or group of issues between an employer and its employees, which results in employees ceasing work. Industrial disputes comprise strikes, which are a withdrawal from work by a group of employees; and lockouts, which are a refusal by an employer or group of employers to permit some or all of their employees to work.

Employed

All persons aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week:

  • worked for one hour or more for pay, profit, commission or payment in kind in a job or business, or on a farm (comprising employees, employers and own account workers); or
  • worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or on a farm (i.e. contributing family workers); or
  • were employees who had a job but were not at work and were:
    • away from work for fewer than four weeks up to the end of the reference week; or
    • away from work for more than four weeks up to the end of the reference week and received pay for some or all of the four week period to the end of the reference week; or
    • away from work as a standard work or shift arrangement; or
    • on strike or locked out; or
    • on workers' compensation and expected to return to their job; or
  • were employers or own account workers, who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work.

Employee

A person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, a retainer fee from their employer while working on a commission basis, tips, piece-rates, or payment in kind; or a person who operates his or her own incorporated enterprise with or without hiring employees (ABS 2007).

Full time workers

Employed persons who usually worked 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and those who, although usually working fewer than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week.

Labour force

For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed, as defined.

Labour force status

A classification of the civilian population aged 15 years and over into employed, unemployed or not in the labour force, as defined. The definitions conform closely to the international standard definitions adopted by the International Conferences of Labour Statisticians.

Labour force underutilisation rate

The sum of the number of persons unemployed and the number of persons in underemployment, expressed as a proportion of the labour force.

Long-term unemployed

The number of persons unemployed for 52 weeks or over.

Long-term unemployment ratio

The number of long-term unemployed persons, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed population.

Managerial employees

Employees who have strategic responsibilities in the conduct or operations of the organisation and/or are in charge of a significant number of employees. These employees usually do not have an entitlement to paid overtime. Includes professionally qualified staff who primarily perform managerial tasks in conjunction with utilising their professional skills. Owner managers of incorporated enterprises are regarded as managerial employees.

Not in labour force

Persons who were not in the categories employed or unemployed, as defined.

Participation rate

For any group, the labour force expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group.

Part time workers

Employed persons who usually worked fewer than 35 hours a week (in all jobs) and either did so during the reference week or were not at work during the reference week.

Serious claim

A workers’ compensation claim for a death, permanent incapacity, or a temporary incapacity requiring an absence from work of one working week or more lodged in the reference year, and accepted for compensation by the jurisdiction by the date the data are extracted for publication. Claims in receipt of common law payments are also included. Each jurisdiction has its own definition of permanent incapacity. It may include total incapacity for work or a permanent impairment requiring a change of tasks. Claims arising from a journey to or from work are only compensable in some jurisdictions, so they are excluded from the analysis in this publication.

Underemployment rate

The number of underemployed workers expressed as a percentage of the labour force.

Underemployed workers

Employed persons aged 15 years and over who want, and are available for, more hours of work than they currently have. They comprise:
  • persons employed part time who want to work more hours and are available to start work with more hours, either in the reference week or in the four weeks subsequent to the survey; or
  • persons employed full time who worked part time hours in the reference week for economic reasons (such as being stood down or insufficient work being available). It is assumed that these people wanted to work full time in the reference week and would have been available to do so.

Unemployed

Persons aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and:
  • had actively looked for full time or part time work at any time in the four weeks up to the end of the reference week and were available for work in the reference week; or
  • were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then.

Working days lost

Working days lost refers to working days lost by employees directly and indirectly involved in the dispute.

Working days lost per employee involved

The average number of working days lost per employee involved in the dispute, calculated by dividing the number of working days lost in the dispute by the number of employees involved (both directly and indirectly).

Working days lost per thousand employees

Working days lost per thousand employees are calculated for a quarterly period by dividing the total number of working days lost in the period by the total number of employees in the Australian labour force in the period (obtained from the ABS Labour Force Survey (LFS)) and multiplying by 1,000. LFS employee estimates are revised periodically. As a result, estimates of working days lost per thousand employees are also subject to revision.
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Overall progress?
Income
Job satisfaction
Flexible arrangements
Safe and healthy working conditions
Effective industrial relations environment



OVERALL PROGRESS?
Unemployment rate(a)
Headline progress indicator
...by sex
Image: Graph - Unemployment rate
Footnote:
(a) Annual average.
Source:
ABS Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0)
Image: Graph - Unemployment rate by sex
Footnote:
(a) Annual average.
Source:
ABS Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0)
...over the longer term
Image: Graph - Unemployment rate over the longer term
Footnote:
(a) Annual average.
Source:
ABS Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0)

INCOME
Non-managerial jobs(a) that are low paid(b)
Progress indicator
...by sex
Image: Graph - Non-managerial jobs that are low paid
Footnote:
a) A non-managerial job is considered low paid if hourly cash earnings received is less than or equal to two-thirds the median hourly cash earnings for all non-managerial jobs.
(b) Data is for May except 2008 data which is for August.
Source:
ABS data available on request, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours
Image: Graph - Non-managerial jobs that are low paid by sex
Footnote:
a) A non-managerial job is considered low paid if hourly cash earnings received is less than or equal to two-thirds the median hourly cash earnings for all non-managerial jobs.
(b) Data is for May except 2008 data which is for August.
Source:
ABS data available on request, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours

JOB SATISFACTION
Mean job satisfaction
Progress indicator
...by sex
Image: Graph - Mean job satisfaction
Footnote:
(a) Mean score out of 10.
Source:
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 2012, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 7
Image: Graph - Mean job satisfaction by sex
Footnote:
(a) Mean score out of 10.
Source:
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 2012, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 7
...with total pay by sex
Image: Graph - Mean job satisfaction with total pay by sex
Footnote:
(a) Mean score out of 10.
Source:
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 2012, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 7

FLEXIBLE ARRANGEMENTS
Employees(a) that have an agreement(b) with employer to work flexible hours
Progress indicator
...part-time employees by sex
Image: Graph - Employees that have an agreement with employer to work flexible hours
Footnote:
(a) Excludes owner managers of incorporated enterprises (OMIEs).
(b) Includes both written and unwritten agreements.
Source:
ABS Working Time Arrangements, Australia, November 2012 (cat. no. 6342.0)
Image: Graph - Employees that have an agreement with employer to work flexible hours par-time employees by sex
Footnote:
(a) Excludes owner managers of incorporated enterprises (OMIEs).
(b) Includes both written and unwritten agreements.
Source:
ABS Working Time Arrangements, Australia, November 2012 (cat. no. 6342.0)
...full-time employees by sex
Image: Graph - Employees that have an agreement with employer to work flexible hours full-time employees by sex
Footnote:
(a) Excludes owner managers of incorporated enterprises (OMIEs).
(b) Includes both written and unwritten agreements.
Source:
ABS Working Time Arrangements, Australia, November 2012 (cat. no. 6342.0)

SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS
Serious claims accepted for workers compensation by employees(a)
Progress indicator
...by sex
Image: Graph - Serious claims accepted for workers compensation by employees
Footnote:
(a) Data for 2010-11 is preliminary and likely to increase as more claims are accepted or amended by jurisdictions at a later date.
(b) Calculated as serious claims per 1000 employees.
Source:
Safe Work Australia 2013, Compendium of Workers' Compensation Statistics Australia 2010-11
Image: Graph - Serious claims accepted for workers compensation by employees by sex
Footnote:
(a) Data for 2010-11 is preliminary and likely to increase as more claims are accepted or amended by jurisdictions at a later date.
(b) Calculated as serious claims per 1000 employees.
Source:
Safe Work Australia 2013, Compendium of Workers' Compensation Statistics Australia 2010-11
...frequency rate
Image: Graph - Serious claims accepted for workers compensation by frequency rate
Footnote:
(a) Data for 2010-11 is preliminary and likely to increase as more claims are accepted or amended by jurisdictions at a later date.
(b) Calculated as serious claims per million hours worked.
Source:
Safe Work Australia 2013, Compendium of Workers' Compensation Statistics Australia 2010-11

EFFECTIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ENVIRONMENT
Industrial disputes
Progress indicator(a)(b)
Working days lost per 1000 employees
Image: Graph - Industrial disputes
Footnote:
(a) Total number of disputes is all the disputes which belong to the relevant period.
(b) Industrial disputes are included within the scope if the work stoppages amount to ten or more working days lost. Disputes which involve the equivalent of less than 10 working days lost are excluded.
Source:
ABS Industrial Disputes, Australia, Jun 2013 (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001)
Image: Graph - Working days lost per 1000 employees
Source:
ABS Industrial Disputes, Australia, Jun 2013 (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001)