 | STATISTICS AND DATA SOURCES
The ABS conducts a number of household and business surveys that are relevant to those interested in workplace relations in Australia. The most commonly used estimates of workplace relations are available in the Industrial Disputes Collection, the Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership Survey and the Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours.
Industrial Disputes collection (quarterly)
The industrial disputes collection produces quarterly estimates of the number of disputes (where ten or more working days are lost), employees involved, and working days lost. Data can be cross-classified by state, industry, cause of dispute, working days lost per employee involved and reason work resumed.
Summary results are published in Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001).
Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership Survey (annual)
The Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership survey collects information about employees' weekly earnings, leave entitlements, employment benefits and trade union membership.
Summary results published in Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (cat. no. 6310.0).
Microdata are available in a Confidentialised Unit Record File (cat. no. 6202.0.30.007).
Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours (two-yearly)
The Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours collects information on the composition and distribution of earnings and hours paid for, of employees, as well as information on how employees' pay is set - by award only, collective agreement or individual arrangement.
Summary results are published in Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (cat. no. 6306.0).
Microdata are available in a Confidentialised Unit Record File (cat. no. 6306.0.55.001).
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| Decline in trade union membership | Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership | Aug 2011 |
| Trends in employe methods of setting pay | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Jul 2011 |
| Trade union membership | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Jul 2010 |
| Methods of setting pay | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Oct 2009 |
| Jurisdictional coverage of pay-setting arrangements | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Jul 2009 |
| Industrial disputes | Australian Social Trends | 2008 |
| Trade union members | Australian Social Trends | 2008 |
| Methods of setting pay | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Apr 2007 |
| Methods of setting pay | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Apr 2005 |
| Trade union membership | Australian Labour Market Statistics | Apr 2004 |
| How pay is set | Australian Social Trends | 2002 |
| Trade union members | Australian Social Trends | 2000 |
| Industrial disputes | Australian Social Trends | 1996 |
| Trends in trade union membership | Australian Social Trends | 1994
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 | REFERENCE AND INFORMATION
Concepts, Sources and Methods
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001) describes the concepts and definitions underpinning Australian labour statistics, the data sources and the methods used in the collection and compilation of these statistics. For further information on workplace relations see Chapter 13. Industrial Relations. Separate chapters are available for each separate survey. |
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This page first published 11 December 2012 | 
