6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, June 2016 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/09/2016   
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1 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Commenced in period
Total
Newly involved
Total
Working days lost
no.
no.
'000
'000
'000
June Quarter 2014
54
60
19.4
19.9
20.2
September Quarter 2014
45
55
18.5
18.9
24.6
December Quarter 2014
52
57
12.0
19.8
16.9
March Quarter 2015
42
46
14.2
14.6
20.4
June Quarter 2015
53
59
17.2
17.8
14.8
September Quarter 2015
70
78
27.3
29.8
29.1
December Quarter 2015
59
72
14.1
20.3
19.1
March Quarter 2016
75
80
23.7
23.9
27.9
June Quarter 2016
52
60
19.8
20.5
24.5

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
March Quarter 2016
June Quarter 2016
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
'000
no.
'000
no.
Mining
Coal mining
-
-
0.1
3.3
Other mining
-
0.1
-
-
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
0.6
2.0
2.9
9.2
Other manufacturing
np
np
0.1
0.2
Construction
10.8
13.8
16.2
19.6
Transport, postal and warehousing
np
np
1.7
3.1
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
4.2
1.8
0.1
0.1
Other industries(a)
10.1
1.7
3.4
0.6
All industries
27.9
2.6
24.5
2.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Glossary - Industry - for details of industries included.

3 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, States and territories
March Quarter 2016
June Quarter 2016
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
Working days lost
Working days lost per thousand employees
'000
no.
'000
no.
New South Wales
3.4
1.0
3.2
0.9
Victoria
5.0
1.9
7.1
2.6
Queensland
14.7
6.8
12.9
6.1
South Australia
1.8
2.5
np
np
Western Australia
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.7
Tasmania
np
np
0.2
1.0
Northern Territory
np
np
-
-
Australian Capital Territory
1.3
6.7
np
np
Australia
27.9
2.6
24.5
2.3
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated

4 Industrial Disputes which ended during the quarter
December Quarter 2015
March Quarter 2016
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Working days lost
Number of disputes
Employees involved
Working days lost
no.
'000
'000
no.
'000
'000
CAUSE OF DISPUTE
Enterprise Bargaining (EB) related
Remuneration
8
0.3
0.7
3
0.1
0.1
Employment conditions
18
9.7
12.4
26
15.7
16.8
Other EB related
-
-
-
-
-
-
Non-EB related
Remuneration
-
-
-
-
-
-
Employment conditions
3
0.2
0.3
2
0.1
0.1
Health and safety
26
4.1
4.0
25
4.0
7.3
Job security
-
-
-
4
0.7
0.8
Managerial policy
3
0.2
0.2
6
0.5
0.5
Union issues
7
6.6
5.5
4
0.6
1.2
Other non-EB related
2
8.3
6.0
2
0.2
0.1
Total
67
29.3
29.0
72
21.9
26.9
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
45
26.2
19.7
44
11.7
8.8
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
9
0.7
0.9
12
7.8
10.0
Over 2 and less than 5 days
8
2.2
6.5
13
np
np
5 and less than 10 days
2
np
np
2
np
np
10 days and over
3
np
np
1
0.1
0.6
Total
67
29.3
29.0
72
21.9
26.9
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
12
1.2
2.4
24
1.9
3.3
State legislation
1
np
np
-
-
-
Federal legislation
-
-
-
2
1.3
4.2
Pre-determined return to work
36
26.6
25.2
36
17.9
18.7
Resumption without negotiation
16
1.3
1.3
9
0.6
0.5
Mediation
2
np
np
1
0.2
0.2
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
67
29.3
29.0
72
21.9
26.9
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated