• Summary
• Downloads
• Explanatory Notes
• Related Information
• Past Releases

MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Quarter		Year ended
		December 2009	March 2010	March 2009	March 2010
Number of disputes
	Commenced in period (no.)	69	42	183	230
	Total (no.)	81	54	191	235
Employees involved
	Newly involved ('000)	25.1	7.2	135.9	88.1
	Total ('000)	27.0	13.2	145.1	91.9
Working days lost ('000)		44.7	28.8	165.4	149.9

Working days lost

• For the March quarter 2010, there were 54 disputes, 27 fewer than in the December quarter 2009.
• The number of employees involved in industrial disputes in the March quarter 2010 was 13,200, a decrease from 27,000 in the December quarter 2009.
• There were 28,800 working days lost due to industrial disputation in the March quarter 2010, a decrease from 44,700 in the December quarter 2009.
• The Construction industry accounted for 12,300 (43%) of the total number of working days lost in the March quarter 2010.
• In the March quarter 2010, Western Australia accounted for 13,600 (47%) of working days lost. Western Australia also had the highest number of working days lost per thousand employees (13.1) for the quarter.

• During the year ended March 2010, there were 235 disputes, 44 more than in the year ended March 2009.
• During the year ended March 2010, there were 149,900 working days lost compared with 165,400 in the year ended March 2009.