6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Sep 2018 Quality Declaration 
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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
September Quarter 2016
86
93
25.9
26.3
34.9
December Quarter 2016
41
48
36.4
37.5
37.2
March Quarter 2017
27
32
22.0
22.7
25.6
June Quarter 2017
41
49
22.7
27.8
40.2
September Quarter 2017
40
57
6.3
8.1
45.9
December Quarter 2017
46
67
14.7
17.1
36.7
March Quarter 2018
19
24
3.8
4.0
14.9
June Quarter 2018
42
48
14.4
14.6
12.5
September Quarter 2018
44
51
13.6
13.8
47.4

2 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, Industry
June Quarter 2018
September Quarter 2018
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
1.5
0.4
6.7
Other mining
-
-
7.7
41.2
Manufacturing
Metal product etc(a)
1.8
5.3
28.0
85.2
Other manufacturing
0.6
1.1
0.7
1.3
Construction
7.2
7.7
6.9
7.4
Transport, postal and warehousing
1.1
2.0
1.4
2.5
Education and training; Health care and social assistance
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.2
Other industries(a)
1.3
0.2
1.8
0.3
All industries
12.5
1.1
47.4
4.2
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) See Glossary - Industry - for details of industries included.

3 Industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter, States and territories
June Quarter 2018
September Quarter 2018
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
2.8
0.8
3.5
1.0
Victoria
7.1
2.4
np
np
Queensland
2.4
1.1
7.3
3.3
South Australia
np
np
np
np
Western Australia
np
np
33.6
27.6
Tasmania
np
np
-
-
Northern Territory
np
np
-
-
Australian Capital Territory
0.1
0.2
np
np
Australia
12.5
1.1
47.4
4.2
- 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
March Quarter 2018
June Quarter 2018
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
4
0.2
0.2
11
1.8
2.9
Employment conditions
10
1.8
32.7
18
1.6
2.6
Other EB related
-
-
-
1
np
np
Non-EB related
Remuneration
-
-
-
-
-
-
Employment conditions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Health and safety
1
0.2
0.1
5
2.9
1.8
Job security
-
-
-
1
1.2
0.7
Managerial policy
-
-
-
3
np
np
Union issues
2
0.7
0.5
1
0.1
0.1
Other non-EB related
1
0.9
0.6
1
6.3
4.5
Total
18
3.8
34.1
41
14.3
12.9
WORKING DAYS LOST PER EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Up to and including 1 day
7
np
np
29
12.7
8.8
Over 1 day and up to including 2 days
3
np
np
5
1.1
1.7
Over 2 and less than 5 days
2
1.0
2.3
4
np
np
5 and less than 10 days
-
-
-
1
np
np
10 days and over
6
0.3
29.6
2
0.1
1.1
Total
18
3.8
34.1
41
14.3
12.9
REASON WORK RESUMED
Negotiation without intervention of a third party
6
0.4
8.0
2
0.1
0.4
State legislation
1
0.3
0.6
1
1.2
0.7
Federal legislation
2
0.2
21.7
2
np
np
Pre-determined return to work
9
2.8
3.8
33
12.2
11.3
Resumption without negotiation
-
-
-
3
np
np
Mediation
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other reasons
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
18
3.8
34.1
41
14.3
12.9
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated