TRENDS IN FEDERAL ENTERPRISE BARGAINING
JUNE QUARTER 2014
Table 1: Average Annualised Wage Increases (AAWI) Per Employee for
Agreements Approved in the June Quarter 2014
Collective agreements
March
approved in the
Quarter 2014
quarter.
(%)
All sectors
3.5 (r)
Private sector
3.4 (r)
Public sector
3.7 (r)
(r) revisions have been made to historical series.
June
Quarter 2014
(%)
3.3
3.3
3.6
Change in
AAWI % Points
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
Table 2: Average Annualised Wage Increases (AAWI) Per Employee for
Agreements Current on the Last Day of the June Quarter 2014
March
Quarter 2014
(%)
All sectors
3.5 (r)
Private sector
3.6 (r)
Public sector
3.3 (r)
(r) revisions have been made to historical series.
.All current wage
agreements
June
Quarter 2014
(%)
3.5
3.5
3.3
Change in
AAWI % Points
0.0
-0.1
0.0
Table of Contents
Table 1: Average Annualised Wage Increases (AAWI) for Agreements Approved in the June Quarter 2014
Table 2:
(AAWI) for Agreements Current on the Last Day of the June Quarter 2014
Summary of outcomes reported on in the Trends report
Table 3: Agreements Approved in the Quarter by Sector
Table 4.
Current Agreements by Sector
Table 5:
Agreements Approved in the Quarter by Agreement Type
Table 6: Current Agreements by Agreement Type
Table 7: Wage Agreements, by ANZSIC Division, Formalised in the quarter
Table 8: Wage Agreements, by ANZSIC Division, Current on the last day of the quarter
Table 9: Wage Agreements, by ANZSIC Division, Expiring by quarter
Table 10: Federal Wage Agreements - Lodged in the quarter, by State
Table 11: Federal Wage Agreements - Current in the quarter, by State
Table 12: Federal Wage Agreements – Non-quantifiable, by reason
Table 13: Federal Wage Agreements – Lodged in the quarter, by union coverage
Table 14: Federal Wage Agreements – Current in the quarter, by union coverage
Table 15: Largest Federal Wage Agreements in the quarter
Table 16: Agreements lodged in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division
Table 17: Agreements current in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division
Trends Technical Notes
Significant Changes in the June Quarter 2014 Trends Report
The calculations for Average Annualised Wage Increase (AAWI) have been amended for the June
quarter 2014. Prior to this report, AAWI was calculated as a compounding figure. This made it a figure
relative to the wage at the start of the agreement, rather than an analysis of year-to-year increases.
The new formula used to calculate AAWI no longer compounds increases.
𝑁
1
𝑑
100 × {[∏(1 + 𝑟𝑖 )] − 1}
𝑖=1
ri = % increases of the ith time*
N = the number of increases over the life of the agreement
d = the effective duration of the agreement in years
All historical data has been revised to reflect this new calculation.
In addition, tables that were known in previous Trends reports as Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 have
each been split into two separate tables.
Further Information
Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining is available online at:
http://employment.gov.au/trends-federal-enterprise-bargaining
The Department recommends that Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining data be read in conjunction
with the Technical Notes (appended to this document), which describe the methodology for the
calculation of the data and provide a guide to interpreting the data tables.
For other queries, please contact ebtrends@employment.gov.au
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Summary of Outcomes
Overall wages growth under federal enterprise agreements1 – June quarter 2014 (Tables
1 and 3 of the Trends report)

Wages growth under federal agreements approved for the June quarter 2014 fell
compared to the March quarter 2014.
o
The Average Annualised Wage Increase (AAWI) in the June quarter 2014 was
3.3 per cent2, down from 3.5 per cent in the March quarter 2014, but unchanged
compared to the June quarter 2013.
Chart 1: WPI and AAWI – June quarter 2011 to June quarter 2014
Chart 1 shows that the AAWI has remained relatively stable around 3.5 per cent since mid2012, subject to some fluctuations due to changes in the industry mix from quarter to quarter,
but the WPI has fallen steadily before flattening out at a new, lower, level over the same period.

The gap that opened up in early 2013 between the quarterly AAWI results and the
outcomes for the WPI largely remained in the June quarter 2014 even though the AAWI
for this quarter fell. The AAWI was 3.3 per cent while the annual increase in the WPI for
the June quarter 2014 was 2.6 per cent.

A comparison between the AAWI and WPI outcomes needs to be treated with some
caution however because, although AAWI outcomes have been consistently higher than
the WPI, the AAWI measure is more volatile and they are different measures of wages
growth.
Note: The WPI is a broader measure of wages growth covering all employees. The WPI
methodology removes the effect of changes in the composition of the labour market on
average hourly rates of pay. On the other hand, the AAWI data in the Trends in
Enterprise Bargaining Report does not control for changes in the compositional mix of
enterprise agreements from quarter to quarter.
1 All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
2.
The AAWI does not take into account those agreements for which, for various reasons, it is not possible to calculate an average
wage increase. This qualification is more relevant to some quarters than others.
AAWI for agreements current as at 30 June 2014 (Tables 2 and 4 of the Trends report)
Chart 2: Current Agreements AAWI – June quarter 2011 to June quarter 2014

Chart 2 shows that the All Industries AAWI for the 20,754 agreements current as at 30
June 2014 (a measure of trend wages growth) is 3.5 per cent, unchanged compared to
the AAWI for agreements current as at 31 March 2014.

The AAWI for current agreements has declined in recent quarters due to the new
agreements in recent quarters having, overall, a lower AAWI than the agreements they
replace.
Private Sector wages growth – June quarter 2014 (Tables 1 and 3 of the Trends report)

Chart 3 measures the AAWI for private sector agreements approved in the quarter over
the last three years. The AAWI for private sector agreements current as at the end of
each quarter is provided for comparison.

The chart shows that the AAWI for private sector enterprise agreements approved in the
June quarter 2014 was 3.3 per cent, down from 3.4 per cent in the March quarter 2014,
and down from the 3.4 per cent recorded in the June quarter 2013.

The private sector AAWI of 3.3 per cent is lower than the 3.9 per cent average for the
private sector since 2009 when economic activity in Australia started to recover from
some of the effects of the Global Financial Crisis.
Chart 3: Private Sector AAWI for Current and Approved Agreements – June 2011 to
June 2014


The fall in the private sector AAWI in the June quarter 2014 was particularly due to large
recreation, transport, health and television agreements with low AAWIs, details of which
are:
o
Fitness First Enterprise Agreement (2638 employees) –
3.0 per cent AAWI;
o
TNT - TWU Fair Work Agreement 2014 - 2017 (2304 employees) – 2.8 per
cent AAWI;
o
Mater Health Services Nurses and Midwives Adults' Women's and Children's
(AWC) Enterprise Agreement 2012 (2218 employees) – 2.6 per cent AAWI;
and
o
Network Ten Staff Enterprise Agreement 2014 (1725 employees) – 2.0 per
cent AAWI.
The main industry level influences on the private sector AAWI were:
o
Financial and insurance services, information media and telecommunications
(2.1 per cent each) and wholesale trade (2.4 per cent) which exerted
downward pressure on the private sector AAWI. This was partially offset by
relatively high AAWIs of 4.1 and 3.9 per cent in rental, hiring and real estate
and construction respectively.
Public sector wages growth – June quarter 2014 (Tables 1, 3 and 15 of the Trends report)

The AAWI for public sector agreements approved in the June quarter 2014 was 3.6 per
cent, down from 3.7 per cent in the March quarter 2014, and up on the 3.1 per cent in
the June quarter 2013.

The fall in the June quarter 2014 was due particularly to slower wages growth in public
service areas (such as ACT Government - 2.8 per cent), offset somewhat by higher
wages growth in agreements covering various universities (3.9 to 4.0 per cent) and local
governments (commonly between 3.6 to 3.8 per cent).

At the agreement level, the following agreements particularly influenced the slight fall in
the June quarter 2014 public sector AAWI:
o

ACT Public Service Administrative and Related Classifications Enterprise
Agreement 2013-2017 (7902 employees); ACTION Enterprise Agreement 2013
- 2017 (894 employees) and the ACT Public Sector Canberra Institute of
Technology Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017 (375 employees) – all of which
had 2.8 per cent AAWIs.
Other large public sector agreements which partially offset the effect of the various ACT
Government agreements on the public sector AAWI for the June quarter 2014 included:
o
RMIT University Academic and Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement 2014
(7096 employees) – 3.9 per cent AAWI;
o
University of South Australia Enterprise Agreement 2014 (4511 employees) –
4.0 per cent AAWI;
o
Ballarat City Council Enterprise Agreement No 6, 2013 (868 employees) – 3.6
per cent AAWI;
o
City of Gosnells Collective Agreement (LGO) 2014 (410 employees) – 3.8 per
cent AAWI.
State/Territories wages growth – June quarter 2014 (Table 10 of the Trends report)

By state and territory, AAWIs were highest in Victoria at 3.7 per cent and lowest in ACT
at 2.8 per cent.
Wages growth for agreements that cover union/s and agreements with no union/s
covered – June quarter 2014 (Table 13 and 14 of the Trends report)4

Agreements approved in the June quarter 2014 that formally covered unions had an
AAWI of 3.4 per cent whereas those with no unions formally covered had an AAWI of
2.9 per cent.
Level of agreement making - as at 30 June 2014 (Tables 2 & 4 of the Trends report)

There were 20,754 agreements current as at 30 June 2014, covering over 2.5 million
employees. This is down by around 1700 agreements and 97,000 employees on the
22,425 agreements, covering 2.6 million employees, that were current as at 31 March
2014. The fall is due to expiration in the June quarter 2014 of almost 2000 agreements
made immediately prior to the commencement of the Fair Work Act on 1 July 2009,
many of which have yet to be replaced. In the June quarter 2009 there was a spike of
over 5300 agreements approved compared to the 1900 agreements quarterly average
in the 12 months prior to then.
Chart 4: Current Agreements and Employee Coverage – June 2011 to June 2014

Agreement making in the June quarter 2014
o
A total of 1310 agreements were approved in the June quarter 2014, covering
142,000 employees, which is low relative to an average of 1782 agreements
approved each quarter since the Fair Work Act commenced on 1 July 2009.

Seasonality is one factor behind this drop with June quarters since the
Fair Work Act commenced recording around 60 agreements on
average less than the All Quarters average of 1781 agreements, but
this factor only explains a small portion of the fall in approved
agreements in the June quarter 2014.

The more significant explanation in the low level of agreement making
in the June quarter 2014 is the cyclical downturn in agreement making
in certain industries, particularly construction – this industry alone
accounts for over 200 of the difference between the 1310 agreements
approved in the June quarter 2014 and the 1781 All Quarters average.
Footnotes
1. Estimates of average wage increases are calculated for those federal enterprise
agreements that provide quantifiable wage increases over the life of the
agreement. Enterprise agreements for which average percentage wage increases
could not be quantified (e.g. those introducing a new salary structure) are excluded from
these estimates.
AAWI data includes only increases to the base rate of pay, and does not take into
account allowances and bonus payments that are paid separately from the base wage.
2. Trend AAWI data:

The AAWI for agreements approved in a quarter can be more volatile because
the quarterly pool of agreements, normally around 1800 to 2000, is relatively
small and therefore susceptible to the influence of either large agreements or
overrepresentation by agreements from whichever industries are in the middle of
their bargaining cycles at the time.

The table below summarise various trend AAWI measures which indicate the
underlining direction of wage growth for agreements over the year to the March
quarter 2014. For comparison, the headline quarterly AAWI has been included
in the last row of the table.
September
quarter 2013
December
quarter 2013
March
quarter 2014
June
quarter
2014
Change in AAWI
between last two
quarters
Current
Agreements
AAWI*
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
0.0
Weighted
AAWI**
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
0.0
Rolling
Average
AAWI
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
0.0
Headline
quarterly
AAWI***
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.3
-0.2
* The current agreements AAWI measures the average of wages increases contained in the 20,754 operating agreements that had not
passed their nominal expiry date as at 30 June 2014.
** The weighting removes any “overrepresentation” or “underrepresentation” by industries in a particular quarter by having regard to their
relative size in the current agreements’ “pool”.
*** Headline quarterly AAWI has been included for comparison purposes. It is the average of wages increases contained in the 1310
agreements approved in the June quarter 2014.
3. Context for the Trends in Enterprise Agreements data on wages growth in federally
registered enterprise agreements:
i. over one third of all non-managerial employees in the Australian labour
market (as measured by the ABS 2012 Employee Earnings and Hours
(EEH) survey) are covered by federal enterprise agreements;
ii. the growth in coverage by federally registered agreements measured by
the more recent ABS EEH surveys is:
All non-managerial employees (%)
Award
Collective Agreement (Federally Registered)
Collective Agreement (State Registered)
Collective Agreement (Unregistered)
Individual Agreement (Registered and
unregistered)
2006
21.0
28.5
12.8
3.2
2008
18.1
29.0
13.2
0.7
2010
16.4
33.1
12.4
0.0
34.5
39.1
38.0
2012
17.8
34.3
10.6*
37.3
* The May 2012 ABS EEH Survey does not break up State Registered and Unregistered Collective Agreements
Source for Table: ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Cat. No. 6306.0, May 2006, August
2008, May 2010 and May 2012, unpublished data. Please note that this is not intended to
be analysed as a time series.
4. An agreement is identified as being “union” where the Fair Work Act decision approving
the agreement notes in accordance with s201(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 that the
agreement covers the union(s) which has/have given notice under s183(1) that it/they
want the agreement to cover them. It is recognised that this is a proxy measure as the
data measures coverage rather than bargaining presence.
Table 3: Agreements Approved in the Quarter by Sector – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN
THE NOMINATED QUARTER
Public sector agreements
Public sector AAWI(%)
Public sector duration
Public sector employees ('000)
Private sector agreements
Private sector AAWI(%)
Private sector duration
Private sector employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
48
3.7
2.7
28.6
1544
4.0
2.4
119.8
1592
3.9
2.4
148.4
91
3.4
1.4
85.0
1817
3.7
2.6
212.7
1908
3.6
2.2
297.6
78
3.6
2.6
133.1
1850
3.9
2.3
129.2
1928
3.7
2.5
262.2
66
3.8
2.4
35.0
2039
4.3
2.7
138.2
2105
4.2
2.6
173.2
52
3.1
2.6
123.1
2135
4.2
2.5
134.6
2187
3.6
2.5
257.7
43
2.7
3.2
52.1
1998
3.7
2.9
149.0
2041
3.4
2.9
201.1
42
3.2
1.8
17.3
1850
3.2
2.7
373.4
1892
3.2
2.6
390.6
32
3.7
3.2
21.5
1308
3.6
2.5
118.9
1340
3.6
2.6
140.5
34
3.1
2.3
22.4
1461
3.4
2.4
107.9
1495
3.3
2.4
130.3
46
3.3
3.3
119.4
2168
3.4
3.1
262.7
2214
3.4
3.2
382.2
61
3.3
2.7
79.7
1586
3.5
2.4
171.2
1647
3.4
2.5
250.9
44
3.7
2.9
69.8
1195
3.4
2.8
112.3
1239
3.5
2.8
182.0
45
3.6
2.9
36.1
1265
3.3
2.9
106.3
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 4: Agreements Current on the Last Day of the Quarter by Sector – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN
THE NOMINATED QUARTER
Public sector agreements
Public sector AAWI(%)
Public sector duration
Public sector employees ('000)
Private sector agreements
Private sector AAWI(%)
Private sector duration
Private sector employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
690
3.9
2.4
713.7
22674
3.8
2.9
1931.7
23364
3.8
2.8
2645.4
576
4.1
2.7
553.4
22116
3.7
3.0
1939.8
22692
3.8
2.9
2493.2
611
4.0
2.6
612.4
21818
3.7
2.9
1946.9
22429
3.8
2.9
2559.3
636
4.0
2.6
580.9
22270
3.8
2.9
1929.6
22906
3.8
2.9
2510.5
651
3.8
2.6
687.8
22817
3.8
2.9
1962.1
23468
3.8
2.8
2649.9
595
3.5
2.7
633.3
22624
3.8
3.1
1690.8
23219
3.7
3.0
2324.1
603
3.5
2.7
606.6
22973
3.7
3.0
1947.8
23576
3.6
2.9
2554.4
602
3.5
2.8
592.3
22368
3.7
3.0
1930.7
22970
3.6
2.9
2523.0
616
3.4
2.8
592.8
22634
3.7
2.9
1872.5
23250
3.6
2.9
2465.3
516
3.4
3.0
579.6
22542
3.6
3.0
1902.2
23058
3.5
3.0
2481.8
543
3.3
3.0
639.7
22696
3.6
3.0
1961.2
23239
3.5
3.0
2600.8
550
3.3
3.0
692.7
21876
3.6
3.0
1924.9
22426
3.5
3.0
2617.6
575
3.3
3.0
704.4
20179
3.5
2.9
1815.6
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 5: Agreements Approved in the Quarter by Agreement Type – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%)
Multi-enterprise greenfields duration
Multi-enterprise greenfields employees ('000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields duration
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%)
Single-enterprise greenfields duration
Single-enterprise greenfields employees ('000)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields duration
Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000)
All agreements
All AAWI(%)
All duration
All employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
0
*
0.0
0.0
7
4.9
1.1
5.0
112
4.5
2.8
3.9
1473
3.9
2.5
139.5
1592
3.9
2.4
148.4
1
4.4
1.3
0.7
3
3.2
0.1
40.0
135
4.4
2.5
4.9
1769
3.7
2.6
252.0
1908
3.6
2.2
297.6
0
*
0.0
0.0
9
3.0
2.6
9.1
164
4.5
2.9
8.2
1755
3.7
2.4
244.9
1928
3.7
2.5
262.2
0
*
0.0
0.0
4
4.1
2.5
1.2
164
4.5
3.0
7.2
1937
4.2
2.6
164.7
2105
4.2
2.6
173.2
3
7.2
2.4
0.2
15
3.5
1.4
11.4
195
5.0
2.8
8.9
1974
3.5
2.6
237.2
2187
3.6
2.5
257.7
1
*
1.0
0.3
6
2.5
3.1
45.4
205
4.7
2.9
6.6
1829
3.7
2.9
148.8
2041
3.4
2.9
201.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
7
4.0
2.5
9.5
161
4.6
2.7
6.2
1724
3.2
2.7
375.0
1892
3.2
2.6
390.6
0
*
0.0
0.0
3
2.7
1.8
3.5
149
5.2
3.0
5.7
1188
3.6
2.6
131.3
1340
3.6
2.6
140.5
0
*
0.0
0.0
7
4.4
3.0
0.4
172
4.6
2.8
6.6
1316
3.2
2.3
123.4
1495
3.3
2.4
130.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
7
3.3
2.3
0.6
248
4.5
2.7
8.5
1959
3.3
3.2
373.1
2214
3.4
3.2
382.2
0
*
0.0
0.0
7
2.6
2.7
30.3
181
4.9
2.7
5.9
1459
3.4
2.5
214.7
1647
3.4
2.5
250.9
0
*
0.0
0.0
3
3.3
2.0
3.6
181
4.6
2.8
8.5
1055
3.5
2.8
170.0
1239
3.5
2.8
182.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
4
2.4
3.8
2.6
136
4.4
2.4
4.4
1170
3.3
2.9
135.5
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 6: Agreements Current in the Quarter by Agreement Type – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%)
Multi-enterprise greenfields duration
Multi-enterprise greenfields employees ('000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields duration
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%)
Single-enterprise greenfields duration
Single-enterprise greenfields employees ('000)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields duration
Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000)
Union collective agreements
Union collective AAWI(%)
Union collective duration
Union collective employees ('000)
Employee collective agreements
Employee collective AAWI(%)
Employee collective duration
Employee collective employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
2
4.6
2.6
0.1
62
3.6
2.6
59.5
723
4.0
2.8
31.4
10184
3.8
2.4
1582.1
2715
3.9
2.9
623.1
9257
3.6
4.3
320.6
3
4.4
1.5
0.8
55
3.5
2.9
48.9
798
4.0
2.9
33.8
11067
3.9
2.5
1676.6
1846
3.8
3.1
413.8
8554
3.5
4.4
292.9
3
4.4
1.5
0.8
59
3.4
2.9
56.8
936
4.1
2.9
41.1
12272
3.8
2.5
1898.0
967
3.7
3.3
270.3
7863
3.4
4.5
267.9
3
4.4
1.5
0.8
60
3.4
3.0
52.8
1058
4.1
3.0
46.6
13755
3.9
2.6
1991.4
598
3.6
3.3
151.5
7158
3.3
4.5
246.0
6
4.9
1.7
1.1
75
3.4
2.7
64.1
1221
4.3
3.0
54.7
15378
3.8
2.6
2192.4
399
3.8
3.5
106.2
6208
3.3
4.6
217.4
7
4.9
1.6
1.4
75
2.9
2.9
105.9
1351
4.3
3.0
58.2
16065
3.8
2.7
1919.1
225
3.8
3.9
46.6
5343
3.2
4.8
180.2
7
4.9
1.6
1.4
81
3.0
2.9
108.1
1444
4.4
3.0
62.2
17103
3.6
2.7
2191.0
164
3.8
4.2
24.3
4646
3.3
4.9
156.2
5
6.5
1.7
0.6
78
3.0
3.0
105.6
1441
4.4
3.1
62.9
17423
3.6
2.8
2189.8
125
3.9
4.3
20.1
3798
3.3
4.9
136.1
3
6.9
1.7
0.5
75
3.0
3.0
104.2
1555
4.4
3.1
67.7
18014
3.6
2.8
2149.3
81
3.8
4.3
16.2
3431
3.3
4.9
119.8
2
6.9
3.1
0.2
77
3.0
3.1
100.7
1657
4.4
3.1
70.8
18213
3.5
2.9
2197.1
29
3.7
5.0
4.3
3001
3.3
5.0
101.9
2
6.9
3.1
0.2
77
3.0
3.0
118.0
1781
4.4
3.1
74.0
18579
3.5
2.9
2304.8
23
4.0
5.0
2.5
2707
3.2
5.0
94.9
2
6.9
3.1
0.2
64
3.0
3.0
119.8
1807
4.4
3.2
75.8
18067
3.5
2.9
2328.6
20
5.1
5.0
1.5
2405
3.2
5.0
86.2
2
6.9
3.1
0.2
66
3.0
3.0
121.8
1899
4.4
3.2
78.8
18144
3.5
2.9
2292.0
1
5.1
5.0
0.0
631
2.7
5.0
26.5
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Union greenfields agreements
Union greenfields AAWI(%)
Union greenfields duration
Union greenfields employees ('000)
Employer greenfields agreements
Employer greenfields AAWI(%)
Employer greenfields duration
Employer greenfields employees ('000)
Section 170LN agreements
Section 170LN AAWI(%)
Section 170LN duration
Section 170LN employees ('000)
All agreements
All AAWI(%)
All duration
All employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
201
3.6
3.7
7.4
219
2.7
4.6
21.1
1
1.5
5.4
0.1
23364
3.8
2.8
2645.4
158
3.6
3.9
5.5
211
2.7
4.6
20.8
0
*
0.0
0.0
22692
3.8
2.9
2493.2
133
3.7
3.9
4.6
196
2.6
4.6
19.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
22429
3.8
2.9
2559.3
101
3.5
4.0
3.8
173
2.8
4.6
17.6
0
*
0.0
0.0
22906
3.8
2.9
2510.5
81
3.5
4.3
2.7
100
2.6
5.0
11.2
0
*
0.0
0.0
23468
3.8
2.8
2649.9
62
3.4
4.5
2.3
91
2.5
5.0
10.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
23219
3.7
3.0
2324.1
52
3.3
4.6
2.1
79
2.5
5.0
9.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
23576
3.6
2.9
2554.4
37
3.2
4.9
1.5
63
2.4
5.0
6.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
22970
3.6
2.9
2523.0
35
3.2
4.9
1.4
56
2.3
4.9
6.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
23250
3.6
2.9
2465.3
29
3.1
5.0
1.3
50
2.3
5.0
5.5
0
*
0.0
0.0
23058
3.5
3.0
2481.8
26
3.1
5.0
1.2
44
2.1
5.0
5.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
23239
3.5
3.0
2600.8
20
3.2
5.0
0.7
41
2.1
5.0
4.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
22426
3.5
3.0
2617.6
8
4.4
5.0
0.3
3
*
5.0
0.5
0
*
0.0
0.0
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 7: Agreements Approved in the Quarter by Industry – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000)
Mining agreements
Mining AAWI(%)
Mining duration
Mining employees ('000)
Manufacturing agreements
Manufacturing AAWI(%)
Manufacturing duration
Manufacturing employees ('000)
Non-metal manufacturing agreements
Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Non-metal manufacturing duration
Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Metal manufacturing agreements
Metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Metal manufacturing duration
Metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000)
Construction agreements
Construction AAWI(%)
Construction duration
Construction employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
29
3.9
2.5
2.0
54
4.4
3.0
5.0
294
3.8
2.3
19.4
182
3.7
2.4
13.4
112
3.9
2.3
6.0
29
4.0
2.1
8.6
495
5.0
2.9
10.0
17
3.6
2.1
1.5
45
4.5
3.0
5.2
356
3.9
2.5
20.5
192
3.7
2.7
11.5
164
4.2
2.4
9.0
43
4.6
2.2
3.2
538
4.7
2.7
9.3
18
3.7
2.5
1.4
47
4.6
3.0
2.9
330
3.9
2.6
24.1
212
3.8
2.6
15.6
118
3.9
2.8
8.5
38
4.3
2.2
8.4
684
5.3
3.0
12.0
10
3.8
3.0
1.1
48
4.4
3.2
3.6
327
3.8
2.4
17.8
194
3.9
2.5
9.6
133
3.8
2.2
8.2
56
3.6
2.6
12.0
880
5.5
3.0
19.9
16
3.5
2.8
0.3
48
5.5
3.0
5.2
329
3.8
2.2
17.5
192
4.0
2.5
7.3
137
3.6
2.1
10.1
50
4.9
2.2
4.1
1016
5.6
2.8
16.2
22
3.6
2.2
0.9
41
4.4
3.2
4.8
360
3.7
2.6
20.7
202
3.7
2.4
12.0
158
3.6
2.7
8.6
35
4.0
2.7
2.3
839
5.0
2.9
15.7
12
3.1
2.1
0.6
33
4.8
3.2
7.9
334
3.6
2.7
23.6
193
3.4
2.7
15.7
141
3.8
2.6
7.9
33
3.8
2.5
2.9
669
4.6
2.9
12.8
16
3.6
3.1
1.1
34
4.4
3.5
3.0
225
3.4
2.6
12.5
131
3.3
2.5
8.9
94
3.7
2.6
3.7
38
3.3
2.8
5.6
456
4.5
2.9
8.5
8
3.4
2.4
0.6
47
3.6
3.4
4.7
223
3.4
2.6
10.0
139
3.3
2.5
6.4
84
3.5
2.7
3.7
25
3.3
1.5
10.8
548
4.9
2.5
9.8
19
2.9
2.7
0.9
40
3.6
3.1
4.2
330
3.3
2.6
26.3
193
3.4
2.8
14.3
137
3.3
2.4
12.0
26
3.6
3.7
4.8
613
4.8
2.6
10.2
10
3.5
2.8
0.5
36
3.5
3.0
3.5
292
3.3
2.6
17.3
169
3.2
2.6
9.6
123
3.4
2.5
7.7
33
3.6
2.8
3.7
482
4.5
2.5
7.5
13
3.3
2.3
0.9
35
4.0
3.0
4.6
187
3.0
2.7
16.5
110
3.0
2.7
9.0
77
3.0
2.7
7.5
32
4.2
2.8
3.0
369
4.2
3.0
6.5
12
2.8
2.7
1.6
41
3.3
3.6
5.9
208
3.0
2.8
15.9
122
2.9
2.9
10.4
86
3.3
2.6
5.5
31
3.7
2.7
4.9
417
3.9
2.8
7.4
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Wholesale Trade agreements
Wholesale Trade AAWI(%)
Wholesale Trade duration
Wholesale Trade employees ('000)
Retail Trade agreements
Retail Trade AAWI(%)
Retail Trade duration
Retail Trade employees ('000)
Accommodation and Food Services agreements
Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%)
Accommodation and Food Services duration
Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements
Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration
Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000)
Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements
Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%)
Information, Media, Telecomm duration
Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000)
Financial and Insurance Services agreements
Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%)
Financial and Insurance Services duration
Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agts
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
54
4.0
2.6
2.0
31
3.2
2.4
10.8
52
3.5
2.2
5.6
83
3.5
2.3
16.9
3
3.5
1.6
0.5
16
4.2
2.7
3.7
31
3.9
3.0
0.8
38
4.3
2.5
1.6
87
4.0
2.5
3.4
35
3.6
2.7
107.4
65
3.2
3.5
5.1
180
3.5
2.2
18.5
23
3.3
2.5
2.1
11
3.4
3.1
1.6
36
3.8
2.6
0.7
40
4.3
2.7
2.5
50
4.0
2.4
2.7
23
3.5
2.3
2.3
45
3.2
2.4
3.3
138
3.7
2.5
14.3
25
3.0
2.6
3.4
18
4.0
0.9
22.8
25
5.0
2.9
0.4
58
4.1
2.8
2.9
48
4.3
2.2
5.2
17
4.0
3.2
1.6
23
3.5
2.9
0.7
154
4.1
2.5
10.6
19
3.6
3.3
0.8
11
3.9
2.8
10.9
23
6.1
3.1
0.7
55
4.0
2.8
6.0
49
4.0
2.6
1.9
34
3.7
2.9
13.8
32
4.4
3.1
3.7
133
3.9
2.5
19.6
5
3.2
2.7
1.4
6
3.6
2.5
5.1
46
5.1
3.0
0.9
54
3.8
1.9
8.0
57
3.1
2.9
3.9
24
3.2
3.3
42.6
43
4.6
2.3
3.9
137
4.2
2.8
9.5
12
3.1
2.4
0.8
17
3.6
2.4
3.6
29
4.8
3.7
1.7
55
3.5
3.0
3.2
51
3.5
2.5
2.0
43
2.9
2.8
140.6
37
3.2
2.9
2.0
139
4.0
2.8
11.5
33
3.5
2.8
31.3
11
3.1
2.3
41.3
33
2.4
3.7
1.7
56
4.2
2.9
4.5
32
3.4
2.6
1.8
23
3.2
2.5
7.7
26
3.0
3.7
5.4
122
4.3
2.9
8.0
8
3.5
2.5
1.6
11
3.0
1.9
26.4
26
4.6
2.8
0.4
35
4.2
3.0
1.8
39
3.5
2.7
1.9
26
3.0
3.4
5.8
42
3.1
3.5
3.0
132
3.8
2.8
14.9
10
2.7
2.7
0.5
10
3.5
2.6
0.9
19
4.0
2.6
0.4
31
3.7
3.3
3.1
78
3.1
3.1
5.8
43
3.0
2.8
40.7
47
3.3
3.9
91.6
142
3.2
3.3
41.8
10
2.7
3.0
1.1
23
3.1
2.9
5.6
33
4.4
3.0
0.7
65
4.6
3.0
3.2
59
3.4
2.6
4.0
25
4.0
3.0
4.0
33
2.7
3.7
7.1
108
3.7
3.1
24.0
13
2.6
1.2
3.5
20
3.2
0.8
24.1
33
4.2
3.0
0.6
42
3.3
2.5
3.9
36
2.5
2.8
2.2
17
3.0
3.6
7.6
33
3.2
2.8
2.0
99
3.7
3.0
11.8
17
2.5
2.2
3.8
11
2.9
2.4
3.2
30
4.1
3.3
0.4
34
3.7
2.9
2.5
39
2.4
3.4
4.0
26
3.2
3.2
2.1
31
2.8
2.9
3.0
105
3.1
3.0
9.8
6
2.1
1.9
2.4
9
2.1
3.5
2.5
22
4.1
2.9
0.4
40
3.7
3.1
2.9
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Administrative and Support Services agreements
Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%)
Administrative and Support Services duration
Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)
Public Administration and Safety agreements
Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%)
Public Administration and Safety duration
Public Administration and Safety employees ('000)
Education agreements
Education AAWI(%)
Education duration
Education employees ('000)
Health and Community Services agreements
Health and Community Services AAWI(%)
Health and Community Services duration
Health and Community Services employees ('000)
Arts and Recreation Services agreements
Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%)
Arts and Recreation Services duration
Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000)
Other Services agreements
Other Services AAWI(%)
Other Services duration
Other Services employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
63
4.3
2.9
2.7
59
3.4
2.9
25.9
72
5.4
1.3
9.8
121
4.0
2.1
19.2
17
3.2
1.9
2.4
51
3.3
2.7
1.5
1592
3.9
2.4
148.4
50
4.2
2.8
3.6
92
3.1
2.7
33.4
81
4.8
2.1
14.3
152
3.3
0.8
60.0
12
2.8
2.2
2.8
45
4.2
2.6
2.6
1908
3.6
2.2
297.6
79
4.5
3.0
4.0
91
3.6
2.7
123.6
55
4.1
2.4
4.4
145
3.2
2.4
24.4
15
3.1
2.3
2.2
44
4.2
2.4
2.9
1928
3.7
2.5
262.2
78
4.8
2.6
4.6
65
3.8
2.4
27.3
94
4.5
2.4
9.2
123
3.7
2.7
30.9
26
3.4
2.3
4.8
48
6.0
2.3
5.5
2105
4.2
2.6
173.2
76
4.6
3.2
3.8
58
3.8
2.3
50.3
75
3.0
1.0
28.9
105
2.8
3.2
73.6
18
3.5
2.2
1.2
37
4.9
2.0
2.4
2187
3.6
2.5
257.7
70
5.2
2.6
4.1
45
3.7
2.9
8.5
40
3.8
2.0
3.4
146
2.7
3.0
66.8
27
3.2
2.6
3.4
42
3.6
2.8
1.4
2041
3.4
2.9
201.1
49
3.6
2.7
9.4
66
3.2
1.7
16.9
73
2.9
2.4
29.4
148
3.1
2.8
44.5
23
3.3
2.9
4.2
49
3.7
2.1
3.7
1892
3.2
2.6
390.6
43
4.0
1.9
1.8
43
3.1
3.2
13.0
51
4.0
2.8
16.3
105
3.5
2.5
21.9
20
3.3
2.6
2.5
26
3.2
2.7
1.2
1340
3.6
2.6
140.5
42
3.6
2.8
3.5
42
3.4
2.6
6.0
44
2.6
0.9
22.9
154
3.2
2.6
24.2
9
2.2
3.6
3.9
44
3.8
2.7
3.1
1495
3.3
2.4
130.3
83
3.8
2.9
4.2
52
3.6
3.2
15.7
58
4.0
3.2
76.2
481
3.2
2.3
32.3
23
3.4
2.8
10.7
48
3.0
2.1
6.3
2214
3.4
3.2
382.2
65
4.0
2.8
5.4
65
3.3
3.0
31.4
92
3.6
2.4
65.4
188
2.9
2.6
33.0
11
3.9
2.5
6.9
40
2.9
2.0
5.2
1647
3.4
2.5
250.9
58
4.1
2.9
2.7
60
3.6
2.9
13.9
62
3.7
2.9
67.4
107
3.6
2.7
27.8
10
2.9
1.9
1.3
29
3.1
1.8
4.0
1239
3.5
2.8
182.0
62
3.7
2.4
4.3
52
3.1
2.8
15.4
36
3.9
2.9
23.4
128
3.4
2.7
30.3
12
2.9
2.9
3.5
33
3.5
3.0
2.7
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
Notes:
1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
3. *No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 8: Agreements Current in the Quarter by Industry – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000)
Mining agreements
Mining AAWI(%)
Mining duration
Mining employees ('000)
Manufacturing agreements
Manufacturing AAWI(%)
Manufacturing duration
Manufacturing employees ('000)
Non-metal manufacturing agreements
Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Non-metal manufacturing duration
Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Metal manufacturing agreements
Metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Metal manufacturing duration
Metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000)
Construction agreements
Construction AAWI(%)
Construction duration
Construction employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
670
3.6
3.9
17.7
643
4.0
3.5
44.3
3574
3.7
2.7
228.6
2186
3.7
2.8
134.7
1388
3.7
2.7
93.9
387
4.2
2.6
49.4
6139
4.6
3.2
125.3
666
3.6
3.8
18.1
634
4.1
3.5
46.0
3385
3.7
2.8
208.3
2069
3.6
2.8
121.6
1316
3.8
2.8
86.7
372
4.2
2.6
45.8
5882
4.6
3.3
120.2
658
3.6
3.7
18.9
628
4.1
3.5
44.8
3387
3.7
2.8
205.2
2059
3.7
2.8
126.4
1328
3.8
2.8
78.8
378
4.2
2.5
47.3
5539
4.5
3.4
113.0
643
3.6
3.7
19.1
648
4.1
3.5
46.4
3460
3.7
2.8
208.1
2089
3.7
2.8
125.9
1371
3.9
2.8
82.1
412
4.0
2.5
58.0
5979
4.7
3.4
124.8
637
3.6
3.7
18.4
647
4.3
3.5
49.8
3516
3.8
2.8
213.2
2119
3.7
2.8
125.8
1397
3.8
2.7
87.4
434
4.1
2.5
60.0
6586
4.9
3.4
131.6
637
3.6
3.6
18.8
648
4.3
3.5
52.6
3461
3.8
2.8
205.4
2075
3.7
2.8
121.2
1386
3.9
2.8
84.2
414
4.1
2.5
53.3
6958
4.9
3.4
137.4
612
3.6
3.6
17.1
645
4.4
3.5
58.4
3545
3.8
2.9
210.3
2102
3.7
2.9
125.1
1443
3.9
2.9
85.1
424
4.1
2.7
46.9
7237
4.9
3.3
140.1
598
3.6
3.6
17.6
644
4.4
3.5
59.6
3510
3.8
2.9
207.1
2084
3.7
2.9
124.8
1426
3.9
2.9
82.2
436
4.1
2.7
49.9
7267
5.0
3.3
139.3
585
3.6
3.5
17.6
652
4.4
3.5
61.3
3474
3.7
2.9
201.8
2068
3.6
2.9
122.3
1406
3.8
2.9
79.6
448
3.9
2.5
60.2
7550
5.0
3.3
144.2
578
3.6
3.6
16.9
628
4.3
3.5
60.3
3356
3.6
2.9
198.2
1999
3.6
2.9
119.3
1357
3.7
2.8
78.9
412
3.8
2.7
56.0
7682
5.0
3.3
143.5
544
3.6
3.6
15.8
630
4.3
3.5
61.7
3352
3.6
2.9
198.3
1973
3.6
2.9
118.9
1379
3.7
2.8
79.4
418
3.7
2.6
54.1
7842
5.0
3.2
144.9
495
3.4
3.6
14.8
615
4.3
3.5
61.1
3239
3.5
2.9
196.8
1883
3.5
2.9
116.4
1356
3.6
2.8
80.5
415
3.6
2.7
53.4
7808
5.0
3.2
142.6
245
3.4
3.2
11.0
543
4.1
3.4
58.0
3045
3.5
2.8
194.4
1767
3.4
2.9
115.4
1278
3.6
2.8
79.0
419
3.6
2.7
57.3
7497
4.9
3.0
136.3
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Wholesale Trade agreements
Wholesale Trade AAWI(%)
Wholesale Trade duration
Wholesale Trade employees ('000)
Retail Trade agreements
Retail Trade AAWI(%)
Retail Trade duration
Retail Trade employees ('000)
Accommodation and Food Services agreements
Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%)
Accommodation and Food Services duration
Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements
Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration
Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000)
Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements
Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%)
Information, Media, Telecomm duration
Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000)
Financial and Insurance Services agreements
Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%)
Financial and Insurance Services duration
Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agts
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
445
3.5
2.5
42.6
1996
3.3
3.0
313.9
1720
3.7
3.4
193.2
1518
3.7
3.0
173.7
224
3.3
2.8
54.7
329
3.5
2.4
165.8
451
3.8
3.8
8.7
455
3.8
3.2
24.0
492
3.6
2.5
44.4
1960
3.4
2.9
407.4
1705
3.7
3.4
194.6
1496
3.7
2.9
168.7
229
3.3
2.8
54.1
321
3.4
2.7
141.5
470
3.7
3.7
9.1
454
4.0
3.3
23.6
506
3.6
2.5
44.8
1911
3.4
2.9
401.6
1608
3.7
3.4
192.5
1517
3.6
2.9
176.5
222
3.3
2.8
51.8
332
3.4
2.4
162.5
477
3.8
3.7
9.0
493
4.0
3.3
25.6
521
3.6
2.5
48.6
1851
3.4
2.9
399.4
1534
3.7
3.3
189.3
1572
3.7
2.9
181.1
195
3.3
2.8
48.0
329
3.4
2.5
172.7
487
4.2
3.6
9.6
530
4.0
3.2
30.2
536
3.7
2.5
49.1
1783
3.5
2.9
380.6
1465
3.7
3.3
189.6
1600
3.7
2.8
197.2
175
3.3
2.8
48.0
261
3.4
2.4
175.7
510
4.5
3.7
9.0
565
3.9
2.9
36.4
545
3.7
2.5
51.2
1684
3.5
3.2
254.6
1297
3.5
3.3
169.8
1574
3.7
2.9
189.5
165
3.2
3.0
36.5
190
3.4
2.9
126.8
518
4.6
3.7
10.3
584
3.9
2.9
35.8
576
3.7
2.5
52.4
1571
3.2
3.1
385.2
1145
3.5
3.3
161.5
1617
3.7
2.8
192.7
176
3.4
2.9
58.5
191
3.2
2.7
158.7
541
4.2
3.7
11.8
629
3.9
2.9
39.2
577
3.6
2.5
53.0
1250
3.2
3.0
380.8
1007
3.5
3.3
157.3
1626
3.7
2.8
190.8
174
3.4
2.9
59.6
195
3.2
2.7
153.7
514
4.2
3.6
10.9
635
3.9
2.9
39.6
573
3.6
2.6
52.7
1181
3.2
3.0
380.2
990
3.5
3.8
72.4
1673
3.7
2.8
201.5
176
3.4
2.9
59.7
197
3.2
2.7
151.3
501
4.2
3.5
10.8
648
3.9
3.0
41.4
588
3.6
3.1
31.0
1091
3.2
3.0
387.9
925
3.5
3.9
156.6
1599
3.7
3.0
178.8
156
3.4
2.9
50.0
187
3.2
2.7
151.1
501
4.1
3.5
10.9
658
3.9
3.0
42.0
606
3.6
3.1
32.2
1050
3.2
3.0
385.3
827
3.3
3.9
147.8
1609
3.7
3.0
197.7
158
3.4
2.8
52.7
192
3.2
2.4
171.7
470
4.2
3.5
10.6
665
4.0
3.2
39.7
601
3.5
3.1
32.9
863
3.2
3.0
387.5
735
3.3
3.9
145.4
1560
3.7
3.0
189.9
167
3.3
2.8
55.7
185
3.1
2.3
141.5
438
4.2
3.5
10.2
663
4.0
3.2
39.1
553
3.4
3.0
33.6
510
3.1
3.0
288.9
559
3.0
3.9
137.8
1452
3.6
3.1
166.9
156
3.3
2.7
56.4
175
3.0
2.3
141.7
391
4.2
3.4
9.2
602
4.0
3.1
39.3
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
Administrative and Support Services agreements
Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%)
Administrative and Support Services duration
Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)
Public Administration and Safety agreements
Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%)
Public Administration and Safety duration
Public Administration and Safety employees ('000)
Education agreements
Education AAWI(%)
Education duration
Education employees ('000)
Health and Community Services agreements
Health and Community Services AAWI(%)
Health and Community Services duration
Health and Community Services employees ('000)
Arts and Recreation Services agreements
Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%)
Arts and Recreation Services duration
Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000)
Other Services agreements
Other Services AAWI(%)
Other Services duration
Other Services employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
834
3.5
3.8
73.9
750
3.6
2.3
332.5
586
4.4
2.5
390.5
1734
3.8
2.5
315.2
361
3.4
3.0
63.5
548
3.5
3.2
28.1
23364
3.8
2.8
2645.4
805
3.5
3.8
73.3
636
3.6
2.8
169.5
625
4.4
2.5
388.9
1686
3.7
2.6
293.3
330
3.3
3.1
58.7
544
3.5
3.3
27.7
22692
3.8
2.9
2493.2
839
3.6
3.8
74.3
686
3.5
2.7
269.8
660
4.4
2.5
372.0
1713
3.8
2.6
264.7
318
3.2
3.1
55.4
557
3.6
3.2
29.4
22429
3.8
2.9
2559.3
865
3.9
3.8
70.3
709
3.6
2.7
284.6
609
4.6
2.4
278.2
1683
3.8
2.6
253.1
318
3.3
3.0
58.4
561
4.2
3.2
30.7
22906
3.8
2.9
2510.5
823
4.0
3.8
65.1
729
3.6
2.7
329.5
667
4.4
2.3
297.4
1656
3.5
2.8
312.6
320
3.3
3.0
55.2
558
4.3
3.1
31.6
23468
3.8
2.8
2649.9
854
4.2
3.8
64.9
701
3.6
2.7
325.5
633
4.1
2.4
185.3
1508
3.3
2.9
330.3
305
3.3
3.0
45.4
543
4.3
3.1
30.8
23219
3.7
3.0
2324.1
855
4.1
3.6
71.1
742
3.6
2.6
338.1
677
3.9
2.4
186.3
1540
3.2
2.9
349.3
309
3.3
3.0
44.7
544
4.3
3.0
32.0
23576
3.6
2.9
2554.4
849
4.1
3.6
70.8
738
3.5
2.6
343.8
642
4.0
2.7
157.9
1470
3.2
2.9
353.2
310
3.3
3.0
46.1
528
4.3
3.0
31.7
22970
3.6
2.9
2523.0
852
4.1
3.4
66.8
757
3.5
2.6
346.5
670
3.7
2.5
160.8
1475
3.2
2.9
355.9
306
3.1
3.0
46.2
542
4.2
2.9
34.0
23250
3.6
2.9
2465.3
791
4.0
3.4
56.8
680
3.5
2.8
306.3
673
3.5
2.8
204.3
1722
3.1
2.9
349.7
298
3.1
3.1
46.0
533
4.0
2.8
35.5
23058
3.5
3.0
2481.8
816
4.0
3.4
60.6
697
3.5
2.8
328.0
739
3.5
2.8
252.8
1805
3.0
2.9
362.1
284
3.2
3.0
48.1
535
3.8
2.8
36.8
23239
3.5
3.0
2600.8
797
4.0
3.4
57.3
719
3.5
2.8
335.6
658
3.6
2.9
297.9
1772
3.1
2.9
374.5
188
3.2
3.0
43.8
508
3.7
2.7
37.7
22426
3.5
3.0
2617.6
744
4.0
3.1
52.1
714
3.5
2.8
345.6
670
3.6
2.9
318.4
1825
3.1
2.9
395.6
171
3.2
2.9
41.1
483
3.7
2.5
36.5
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
Notes:
1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
3. *No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 9: Agreements current in March 2014 quarter, by quarter of expiry – June quarter 2014 – June quarter 2017
FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS
Jun-14
Sep-14
Dec-14
Mar-15
Jun-15
Sep-15
Dec-15
Mar-16
Jun-16
Sep-16
Dec-16
Mar-17
Jun-17
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000)
Mining agreements
Mining AAWI(%)
Mining employees ('000)
Manufacturing agreements
Manufacturing AAWI(%)
Manufacturing employees ('000)
Non-metal manufacturing agreements
Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Metal manufacturing agreements
Metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000)
Construction agreements
Construction AAWI(%)
Construction employees ('000)
Wholesale Trade agreements
Wholesale Trade AAWI(%)
Wholesale Trade employees ('000)
Retail Trade agreements
Retail Trade AAWI(%)
Retail Trade employees ('000)
278
3.4
5.6
126
5.1
9.1
651
3.8
30.7
346
3.8
19.7
305
3.9
11.0
54
4.4
4.1
1131
4.4
21.6
110
3.6
5.1
409
3.6
108.9
75
3.7
1.5
68
4.7
5.4
286
3.5
16.5
176
3.3
10.5
110
3.8
5.9
49
4.4
3.3
285
4.3
7.0
49
4.1
3.1
169
2.9
11.3
34
3.8
1.7
34
4.1
2.7
260
3.5
14.5
171
3.6
7.1
89
3.4
7.5
39
3.2
19.3
759
5.0
14.4
40
4.3
1.6
44
3.7
5.0
13
3.6
0.2
55
4.4
5.4
386
4.0
18.4
223
4.0
10.2
163
4.1
8.3
36
4.1
2.2
2239
6.1
33.6
67
4.0
2.3
39
3.6
6.6
15
2.9
0.9
48
4.4
3.5
331
3.8
21.2
198
3.7
13.9
133
4.0
7.4
58
3.4
8.1
469
4.5
10.2
44
3.5
1.7
21
3.1
113.4
9
3.6
0.3
37
4.1
3.7
191
3.2
13.7
107
3.2
5.6
84
3.2
8.1
30
4.2
1.2
335
4.9
6.0
40
3.8
1.7
22
2.7
37.2
10
3.6
0.7
46
4.8
6.3
204
3.5
18.0
118
3.4
12.8
86
3.8
5.2
22
4.1
0.8
814
5.1
15.5
36
3.5
2.4
21
3.4
1.1
5
3.5
0.5
26
4.0
2.7
145
3.5
9.6
71
3.4
5.3
74
3.7
4.3
18
4.4
0.9
349
4.6
6.3
37
3.4
0.9
34
3.7
3.7
20
3.5
2.0
41
3.6
4.2
225
3.2
15.7
151
3.2
8.9
74
3.2
6.8
25
3.4
2.4
245
3.9
5.4
54
3.0
4.5
19
3.2
59.4
13
3.1
0.4
27
4.2
2.9
157
3.1
12.6
79
3.1
5.9
78
3.2
6.6
28
3.6
1.4
240
3.5
5.7
37
3.3
4.6
20
2.8
24.4
4
3.0
0.1
29
3.2
4.6
121
3.1
6.5
79
3.1
4.2
42
3.0
2.3
18
4.0
4.0
221
3.8
4.2
23
3.3
0.8
13
3.0
3.8
3
3.4
0.2
18
3.8
4.0
54
3.4
3.6
32
3.3
2.9
22
3.4
0.7
12
3.7
0.6
155
3.9
2.8
9
3.2
0.7
7
5.2
0.6
4
3.4
0.1
24
3.9
3.0
44
2.9
2.9
24
3.0
1.3
20
2.9
1.7
7
2.4
0.4
159
3.8
2.6
15
3.6
0.8
17
3.0
3.2
FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS
Jun-14
Sep-14
Dec-14
Mar-15
Jun-15
Sep-15
Dec-15
Mar-16
Jun-16
Sep-16
Dec-16
Mar-17
Jun-17
Accommodation and Food Services agreements
Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%)
Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements
Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000)
Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements
Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%)
Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000)
Financial and Insurance Services agreements
Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%)
Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agts
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)
Administrative and Support Services agreements
Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%)
Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)
Public Administration and Safety agreements
Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%)
Public Administration and Safety employees ('000)
Education agreements
Education AAWI(%)
Education employees ('000)
239
4.0
12.4
250
3.7
23.9
36
2.9
6.2
39
3.8
30.1
82
3.8
1.5
172
4.1
6.2
178
3.7
13.5
239
3.4
184.8
46
4.3
7.4
102
3.3
9.9
165
3.9
9.0
14
3.1
4.8
27
4.0
23.7
59
3.9
0.8
29
3.7
2.1
50
3.7
3.5
38
3.4
19.6
38
4.2
4.9
75
3.1
3.1
113
4.0
4.4
17
3.1
6.2
14
2.6
47.0
18
4.4
0.5
53
4.4
3.8
65
4.8
3.8
42
3.5
4.6
217
3.6
31.6
22
2.9
0.9
102
4.0
5.1
6
3.9
0.3
7
3.5
9.3
64
6.0
1.2
80
4.4
3.2
139
5.3
4.0
38
4.3
2.1
24
4.3
2.2
36
3.1
2.6
185
4.2
22.0
31
2.7
3.3
19
3.2
5.8
51
4.2
0.7
53
3.9
4.6
56
3.5
11.8
63
3.6
13.3
61
3.0
49.6
34
3.0
4.4
98
3.6
7.6
7
3.5
24.0
8
3.2
1.7
17
3.9
0.4
32
3.9
1.8
29
3.8
1.2
37
3.9
7.7
32
3.1
8.3
27
3.2
2.0
100
3.9
7.9
16
3.4
6.4
5
4.0
5.4
27
4.8
0.5
62
4.3
4.2
56
4.6
4.1
52
4.2
23.4
81
3.3
7.3
18
3.0
0.9
97
4.4
4.5
4
2.4
0.6
9
2.7
5.9
15
4.8
1.4
30
4.2
1.8
28
3.9
1.2
20
3.4
10.6
26
3.0
2.6
23
3.1
2.5
125
3.5
18.9
12
3.1
0.8
18
3.6
3.3
15
3.9
0.3
21
3.2
2.0
51
3.9
4.0
72
3.3
23.0
27
4.2
34.9
27
2.5
0.9
60
3.2
3.3
9
2.5
0.7
9
3.0
6.2
20
3.7
0.5
20
3.1
0.9
24
3.1
1.4
25
3.5
4.6
16
3.2
9.3
30
2.8
2.0
54
3.1
36.2
3
3.0
0.3
5
3.1
1.4
18
2.4
1.6
22
3.8
2.1
17
3.9
3.0
24
2.8
9.2
36
3.2
100.6
21
2.4
4.2
27
4.3
4.3
3
2.5
0.1
3
2.7
0.3
4
3.5
0.1
14
4.9
0.8
16
3.8
0.8
13
3.3
2.3
25
4.0
15.8
22
2.9
91.9
41
3.7
15.7
3
2.5
0.5
5
3.2
0.7
3
4.7
0.1
23
3.1
2.3
16
2.9
1.2
24
3.6
12.1
9
3.7
18.5
FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS
Jun-14
Sep-14
Dec-14
Mar-15
Jun-15
Sep-15
Dec-15
Mar-16
Jun-16
Sep-16
Dec-16
Mar-17
Jun-17
Health and Community Services agreements
Health and Community Services AAWI(%)
Health and Community Services employees ('000)
Arts and Recreation Services agreements
Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%)
Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000)
Other Services agreements
Other Services AAWI(%)
Other Services employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors employees ('000)
238
3.5
45.5
42
3.1
8.0
101
5.4
9.3
4421
3.6
534.0
86
3.3
10.5
18
2.9
1.5
41
3.9
1.5
1648
3.6
139.8
114
3.4
19.5
12
3.0
1.7
54
3.6
2.8
2004
3.6
188.2
80
3.9
29.5
18
3.2
1.9
39
3.6
2.1
3454
4.6
130.6
605
3.3
48.8
24
3.5
4.6
68
3.2
5.5
2238
3.3
331.7
67
3.2
12.2
13
3.1
2.3
25
2.7
5.8
1063
3.3
141.3
94
2.6
58.1
13
3.4
4.0
53
3.3
2.6
1739
3.5
171.0
53
2.5
59.2
4
3.1
1.2
22
4.1
0.6
940
3.0
115.0
133
3.1
29.9
10
3.0
2.4
31
3.9
3.4
1167
3.4
219.1
67
3.1
12.8
15
3.7
9.9
13
2.6
0.9
827
3.2
103.4
84
3.3
16.4
7
2.9
1.2
19
3.1
1.2
748
3.2
198.8
38
2.7
16.6
4
4.0
0.1
8
4.1
0.6
434
3.5
58.4
34
3.8
6.5
2
2.3
4.4
10
3.4
0.3
462
3.5
167.0
Notes:
1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
3. *No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 10: Agreements Approved in the Quarter by State – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
ACT agreements
ACT AAWI(%)
ACT duration
ACT employees ('000)
NSW agreements
NSW AAWI(%)
NSW duration
NSW employees ('000)
NT agreements
NT AAWI(%)
NT duration
NT employees ('000)
Qld agreements
Qld AAWI(%)
Qld duration
Qld employees ('000)
SA agreements
SA AAWI(%)
SA duration
SA employees ('000)
Tas agreements
Tas AAWI(%)
Tas duration
Tas employees ('000)
Vic agreements
Vic AAWI(%)
Vic duration
Vic employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
44
3.7
2.5
2.8
282
3.8
2.4
22.5
26
3.7
2.7
2.3
246
4.0
2.6
15.8
84
3.9
2.1
5.3
54
3.6
2.0
6.2
508
4.5
2.0
25.3
42
3.1
2.3
3.4
352
4.1
2.5
21.0
28
4.4
2.5
4.2
278
3.8
2.5
19.9
115
3.6
2.5
6.8
44
3.4
2.3
4.0
663
3.5
1.1
71.6
34
3.6
2.1
9.4
378
3.5
2.4
36.6
13
3.2
2.8
3.5
303
4.3
2.8
17.4
113
3.9
2.5
6.4
47
3.5
2.1
4.3
703
4.4
3.1
41.0
28
3.7
1.5
12.1
294
3.7
2.5
20.5
18
3.7
2.9
0.7
318
4.0
2.6
28.7
89
3.8
2.3
6.1
42
3.5
2.5
2.0
973
4.8
2.7
37.4
33
3.6
2.1
8.4
316
3.2
1.6
47.1
20
3.8
2.6
1.4
350
4.1
2.3
25.6
78
4.6
2.3
8.8
26
3.5
1.9
1.8
974
3.3
3.4
77.1
39
3.6
2.5
1.6
339
3.7
2.5
24.1
47
4.4
2.9
3.0
365
3.7
2.8
17.3
83
3.7
2.4
4.7
35
3.8
2.4
2.1
689
3.2
3.0
75.0
35
3.6
1.9
2.0
298
3.2
2.1
30.1
35
3.7
2.8
1.5
374
3.2
2.6
54.2
107
3.9
2.2
8.1
38
3.1
2.2
3.2
586
3.5
2.8
48.8
22
3.5
2.9
1.2
205
3.3
2.7
21.2
37
5.2
3.6
2.0
232
3.3
2.5
22.2
73
3.6
2.6
3.8
37
3.6
2.2
1.9
435
3.4
2.8
25.3
36
3.7
2.5
0.9
237
2.8
1.6
45.6
36
4.3
2.9
1.5
270
3.6
2.8
18.8
133
4.0
2.0
7.1
25
3.3
2.3
1.5
369
3.5
2.7
18.0
45
4.0
2.8
0.9
395
3.4
2.5
22.3
33
4.1
3.1
1.6
418
3.1
2.4
26.6
132
3.3
2.4
8.0
40
2.7
2.5
2.4
643
3.6
3.1
103.8
21
4.0
1.7
2.7
310
3.3
2.0
33.5
39
5.1
3.1
1.2
291
3.5
2.4
18.6
99
3.1
2.1
11.1
39
2.8
1.7
3.2
485
3.5
2.8
82.4
29
3.6
2.8
9.8
208
3.6
2.6
36.4
26
4.5
3.7
0.5
184
3.1
2.5
24.5
69
2.9
2.7
5.6
26
2.8
2.6
1.5
324
3.7
3.0
43.1
39
2.8
3.1
9.9
217
3.1
2.8
16.1
25
3.2
3.2
0.7
216
3.1
2.5
20.4
85
3.5
3.3
10.4
30
3.3
2.5
2.5
328
3.7
2.7
35.4
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
WA agreements
WA AAWI(%)
WA duration
WA employees ('000)
Multi-state agreements
Multi-state AAWI(%)
Multi-state duration
Multi-state employees ('000)
Other agreements
Other AAWI(%)
Other duration
Other employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
170
4.3
2.6
16.2
178
3.6
2.6
52.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
1592
3.9
2.4
148.4
178
4.2
2.8
10.0
208
3.5
2.6
156.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
1908
3.6
2.2
297.6
185
4.4
2.8
9.2
151
3.5
2.3
134.3
1
5.0
3.8
0.1
1928
3.7
2.5
262.2
215
4.6
2.7
12.4
124
4.1
2.9
53.1
4
4.2
3.2
0.2
2105
4.2
2.6
173.2
262
4.6
2.8
13.6
127
3.7
2.3
73.8
1
3.3
2.0
0.0
2187
3.6
2.5
257.7
248
4.2
2.8
13.0
195
3.4
3.2
60.3
1
3.0
3.0
0.0
2041
3.4
2.9
201.1
215
3.9
3.1
14.9
203
3.1
2.7
227.6
1
3.0
2.7
0.3
1892
3.2
2.6
390.6
154
4.7
3.2
11.0
145
4.1
2.4
51.9
0
*
0.0
0.0
1340
3.6
2.6
140.5
200
4.0
3.1
12.6
189
3.7
2.8
24.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
1495
3.3
2.4
130.3
313
3.8
3.1
28.5
195
3.2
3.4
187.9
0
*
0.0
0.0
2214
3.4
3.2
382.2
191
4.0
3.1
10.7
172
3.2
2.4
87.5
0
*
0.0
0.0
1647
3.4
2.5
250.9
216
4.3
2.8
17.2
157
3.3
3.0
43.5
0
*
0.0
0.0
1239
3.5
2.8
182.0
196
3.6
2.9
11.8
172
3.3
3.1
34.4
2
*
3.0
0.8
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Figures for State and Territory agreements are based on intra-State agreements only.
Multiple State agreements are those covering more than one State and include Australia-wide agreements.
Other includes agreements operating in Australian external territories and agreements where the State/Territory status has not been identified.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 11: Agreements Current in the Quarter by State – June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
ACT agreements
ACT AAWI(%)
ACT duration
ACT employees ('000)
NSW agreements
NSW AAWI(%)
NSW duration
NSW employees ('000)
NT agreements
NT AAWI(%)
NT duration
NT employees ('000)
Qld agreements
Qld AAWI(%)
Qld duration
Qld employees ('000)
SA agreements
SA AAWI(%)
SA duration
SA employees ('000)
Tas agreements
Tas AAWI(%)
Tas duration
Tas employees ('000)
Vic agreements
Vic AAWI(%)
Vic duration
Vic employees ('000)
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
515
3.2
1.9
46.9
4468
3.9
2.7
335.6
289
3.7
3.1
20.6
4960
4.0
3.1
323.2
1613
3.9
2.9
88.3
713
3.7
2.8
36.4
5545
4.0
2.8
586.8
483
3.8
3.1
20.0
4299
3.9
2.8
303.5
282
3.7
3.1
20.3
4859
3.9
3.1
310.6
1598
3.8
2.8
85.3
693
3.5
2.8
35.2
5267
4.0
2.9
534.3
483
3.7
2.7
28.2
4196
3.8
2.7
319.2
274
3.6
3.0
23.2
4780
4.0
3.1
299.9
1612
3.8
2.8
87.0
690
3.5
2.7
37.2
5245
4.1
2.9
496.4
472
3.7
2.4
38.9
4151
3.8
2.9
294.5
271
3.5
3.0
23.1
4763
4.0
3.0
309.2
1607
3.8
2.8
87.3
680
3.5
2.7
36.3
5786
4.2
2.9
422.9
467
3.7
2.3
45.5
4126
3.7
2.7
316.9
281
3.6
3.0
23.7
4722
4.0
3.0
316.6
1584
3.9
2.7
91.5
669
3.5
2.7
36.1
6346
4.1
2.9
479.2
461
3.6
2.3
43.6
3993
3.6
2.8
300.0
308
3.7
3.0
25.4
4672
4.0
3.1
278.0
1479
4.0
2.9
78.5
617
3.5
2.9
31.8
6406
3.8
3.1
449.6
475
3.6
2.3
44.8
3979
3.6
2.7
302.6
331
3.7
3.0
25.6
4717
3.8
3.0
304.7
1455
4.0
2.8
81.1
591
3.5
2.8
30.6
6640
3.7
3.1
454.0
440
3.6
2.3
44.3
3840
3.6
2.8
285.1
340
3.8
3.0
25.5
4622
3.7
3.1
297.5
1339
3.9
2.8
78.6
567
3.5
2.8
30.2
6510
3.7
3.1
447.3
454
3.6
2.3
44.7
3845
3.5
2.7
317.8
362
3.8
3.0
26.8
4685
3.7
3.1
292.3
1380
3.9
2.8
76.4
563
3.5
2.7
31.0
6588
3.7
3.1
441.9
412
3.5
2.8
24.7
3746
3.4
2.8
284.1
370
3.9
3.2
23.2
4697
3.6
3.1
289.6
1339
3.7
2.8
69.1
515
3.4
2.8
27.7
6703
3.6
3.1
492.5
409
3.5
2.7
26.9
3768
3.4
2.7
292.8
385
4.0
3.2
24.0
4687
3.6
3.0
290.1
1307
3.7
2.7
75.0
504
3.4
2.7
28.2
6878
3.6
3.1
551.4
404
3.5
2.7
35.9
3545
3.5
2.8
296.9
381
4.0
3.2
22.1
4416
3.5
3.0
289.5
1192
3.6
2.7
73.1
460
3.2
2.7
25.7
6844
3.6
3.1
572.9
376
3.4
2.8
44.6
3369
3.4
2.8
295.3
378
4.0
3.1
21.8
3847
3.5
2.9
277.6
1110
3.5
2.7
74.4
384
3.2
2.6
25.2
6637
3.6
3.1
585.6
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
WA agreements
WA AAWI(%)
WA duration
WA employees ('000)
Multi-state agreements
Multi-state AAWI(%)
Multi-state duration
Multi-state employees ('000)
Other agreements
Other AAWI(%)
Other duration
Other employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
3037
4.4
3.3
160.6
2216
3.6
2.7
1046.7
8
3.3
2.5
0.3
23364
3.8
2.8
2645.4
3012
4.4
3.3
158.6
2193
3.6
2.8
1025.1
6
3.3
2.9
0.3
22692
3.8
2.9
2493.2
2950
4.3
3.3
159.0
2193
3.5
2.7
1108.9
6
4.8
4.3
0.2
22429
3.8
2.9
2559.3
3022
4.4
3.3
164.2
2145
3.6
2.7
1133.7
9
4.7
3.8
0.5
22906
3.8
2.9
2510.5
3110
4.4
3.3
168.8
2153
3.6
2.7
1171.1
10
4.4
3.6
0.5
23468
3.8
2.8
2649.9
3116
4.4
3.3
165.0
2157
3.5
2.9
951.8
10
4.3
3.3
0.4
23219
3.7
3.0
2324.1
3140
4.2
3.3
167.9
2237
3.4
2.9
1142.5
11
3.6
3.0
0.7
23576
3.6
2.9
2554.4
3040
4.3
3.4
169.9
2261
3.4
2.8
1143.9
11
3.6
3.0
0.7
22970
3.6
2.9
2523.0
3045
4.3
3.4
169.8
2317
3.4
2.8
1063.9
11
3.6
3.0
0.7
23250
3.6
2.9
2465.3
3053
4.2
3.4
180.9
2213
3.4
3.0
1089.2
10
3.5
3.1
0.7
23058
3.5
3.0
2481.8
3045
4.1
3.4
175.3
2249
3.4
2.9
1136.6
7
3.5
3.1
0.7
23239
3.5
3.0
2600.8
3008
4.1
3.3
179.8
2169
3.4
2.9
1121.0
7
3.5
3.1
0.7
22426
3.5
3.0
2617.6
2583
4.1
3.2
167.1
2061
3.3
2.9
1027.1
8
3.5
3.0
1.1
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Figures for State and Territory agreements are based on intra-State agreements only.
Multiple State agreements are those covering more than one State and include Australia-wide agreements.
Other includes agreements operating in Australian external territories and agreements where the State/Territory status has not been identified.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 12: Federal Wage Agreements – Non-quantifiable, by reason
Non-quantifiable reason
Linked to minimum wage
Linked to CPI
Inconsistent Increase
Agreement Type
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Sub-total agreements
Sub-total employees (‘000)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Sub-total agreements
Sub-total employees (‘000)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Sub-total agreements
Sub-total employees (‘000)
Sep-13
125
11.1
2
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
127
11.3
29
1.3
1
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
30
1.4
65
168.7
49
1.8
0
0.0
0
0.0
114
170.5
Dec-13
111
5.2
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
112
5.3
30
2.2
2
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
32
2.2
49
12.2
21
0.8
2
26.3
0
0.0
72
39.3
Mar-14
66
1.4
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
66
1.4
23
1.3
1
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
24
1.3
28
5.2
15
0.6
0
0.0
0
0.0
43
5.8
Jun-14
94
3.5
2
0.1
1
1.7
0
0.0
97
5.3
26
0.9
2
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
28
0.9
26
3.8
7
0.2
1
0.7
0
0.0
34
4.7
Non-quantifiable reason
Agreement Type
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Performance Linked
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Sub-total agreements
Sub-total employees (‘000)
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Other Reason
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Sub-total agreements
Sub-total employees (‘000)
Total non-quantifiable agreements
Total employees covered by non-quantifiable agreements
Sep-13
11
1.6
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
11
1.6
406
22.0
7
0.2
4
0.1
0
0.0
417
22.4
699
207.1
Dec-13
9
23.6
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
9
23.6
212
17.5
6
0.5
1
1.2
0
0.0
219
19.2
444
89.6
Mar-14
4
0.4
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
4
0.4
109
9.5
4
0.8
0
0.0
0
0.0
113
10.3
250
19.3
Jun-14
5
0.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
5
0.1
163
11.8
8
0.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
171
12.0
335
23.1
Non-quantifiable reason
Agreement Type
Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Single-enterprise greenfields agreements
Single-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Quantifiable agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields emps (‘000)
Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements
Multi-enterprise greenfields emps (‘000)
Total quantifiable agreements
Total employees covered by quantifiable agreements
Sep-13
1323
168.4
189
6.2
3
0.5
0
0.0
1515
175.1
Dec-13
1048
154.1
151
4.5
4
2.8
0
0.0
1203
161.4
Mar-14
824
152.1
161
7.1
3
3.6
0
0.0
988
162.8
Jun-14
855
115.3
117
3.8
2
0.2
0
0.0
974
119.3
1 Non-quantifiable wage agreements are those which do not provide a consistent wage increase for all employees or link wage increases to other methods. Refer to the technical notes for further
explanation.
Table 13: Federal Wage Agreements – Approved in the quarter, by union coverage, June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
Agreements (union covered)
AAWI(%)(union covered)
Duration (union covered)
Employees ('000) (union covered)
Agreements (no union covered)
AAWI(%)(no union covered)
Duration (no union covered)
Employees ('000) (no union covered)
All agreements
Overall AAWI(%)
Overall duration
All employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
1196
4.0
2.4
136.6
396
3.4
3.0
11.8
1592
3.9
2.4
148.4
1391
3.6
2.2
280.6
517
3.4
3.2
17.0
1908
3.6
2.2
297.6
1497
3.7
2.4
250.1
431
3.6
2.8
12.2
1928
3.7
2.5
262.2
1714
4.2
2.6
162.7
391
3.7
3.0
10.5
2105
4.2
2.6
173.2
1771
3.6
2.5
245.5
416
3.6
3.2
12.3
2187
3.6
2.5
257.7
1485
3.4
2.9
182.2
556
3.1
3.3
18.9
2041
3.4
2.9
201.1
1401
3.2
2.6
373.5
491
3.2
3.2
17.2
1892
3.2
2.6
390.6
961
3.7
2.6
130.5
379
3.3
3.2
9.9
1340
3.6
2.6
140.5
1067
3.3
2.3
117.3
428
3.2
3.1
12.9
1495
3.3
2.4
130.3
1639
3.4
3.2
356.9
575
3.1
3.1
25.2
2214
3.4
3.2
382.2
1155
3.4
2.4
236.1
492
3.2
3.3
14.8
1647
3.4
2.5
250.9
878
3.6
2.8
168.7
361
2.9
3.4
13.3
1239
3.5
2.8
182.0
885
3.4
2.8
122.3
425
2.9
3.4
20.1
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 14: Federal Wage Agreements – Current in the quarter, by union coverage, June quarter 2011 – June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE
NOMINATED QUARTER
Agreements (union covered)
AAWI(%)(union covered)
Duration (union covered)
Employees ('000) (union covered)
Agreements (no union covered)
AAWI(%)(no union covered)
Duration (no union covered)
Employees ('000) (no union covered)
All agreements
Overall AAWI(%)
Overall duration
All employees ('000)
Notes:
1.
2.
3.
Jun-11
Sep-11
Dec-11
Mar-12
Jun-12
Sep-12
Dec-12
Mar-13
Jun-13
Sep-13
Dec-13
Mar-14
Jun-14
9826
3.9
2.5
2180.4
13538
3.5
4.1
465.1
23364
3.8
2.8
2645.4
9419
3.9
2.6
2042.7
13273
3.4
4.1
450.6
22692
3.8
2.9
2493.2
9492
3.8
2.6
2123.8
12937
3.4
4.1
435.5
22429
3.8
2.9
2559.3
10366
3.9
2.6
2090.5
12540
3.4
4.1
420.0
22906
3.8
2.9
2510.5
11600
3.8
2.6
2254.2
11868
3.4
4.1
395.7
23468
3.8
2.8
2649.9
11909
3.7
2.7
1959.6
11310
3.4
4.1
364.5
23219
3.7
3.0
2324.1
12713
3.6
2.7
2205.9
10863
3.4
4.1
348.4
23576
3.6
2.9
2554.4
12795
3.6
2.8
2194.8
10175
3.4
4.1
328.2
22970
3.6
2.9
2523.0
13239
3.6
2.7
2146.7
10011
3.3
4.0
318.5
23250
3.6
2.9
2465.3
13355
3.6
2.9
2170.2
9703
3.3
4.0
311.6
23058
3.5
3.0
2481.8
13878
3.5
2.8
2296.9
9361
3.3
3.9
303.9
23239
3.5
3.0
2600.8
13867
3.5
2.9
2334.0
8559
3.2
3.9
283.6
22426
3.5
3.0
2617.6
14130
3.5
2.9
2293.7
6624
3.2
3.6
226.3
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
*No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Table 15: Enterprise Agreements Lodged in the June Quarter 2014 Covering 2000 or More Employees
Agreement
ID
Title
Employees
AAWI
ANZSIC
States
AE408295
ACT Public Service Administrative and Related Classifications Enterprise
Agreement 2013-2017
7902
2.8
Public Administration and
Safety
ACT
AE408772
RMIT University Academic and Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement
2014
7096
3.9
Education and Training
NSW, Vic
AE408771
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2014
6722
3.9
Education and Training
Vic
AE408427
University of South Australia Enterprise Agreement 2014
4511
4.0
Education and Training
SA
AE408278
Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd, ANMF and HSU Enterprise
Agreement 2014
3252
3.8
Health Care and Social
Assistance
Vic
AE407694
Fitness First Enterprise Agreement
2638
3.0
Arts and Recreation Services
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic,
WA
AE407853
Murdoch University Enterprise Agreement 2014
2460
4.0
Education and Training
WA
AE408483
Apple Retail Enterprise Agreement 2014
2372
2.2
Wholesale Trade
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA,
Vic, WA
AE407610
TNT - TWU Fair Work Agreement 2014 - 2017
2304
2.8
Transport, Postal and
Warehousing
Aus
AE408694
Mater Health Services Nurses and Midwives Adults' Women's and
Children's (AWC) Enterprise Agreement 2012
2218
2.6
Health Care and Social
Assistance
Qld
AE408214
Utilities Management Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2014
2089
4.9
Electricity, Gas, Water and
Waste Services
NT, SA, Vic
Table 16: Agreements lodged in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000)
Mining agreements
Mining AAWI(%)
Mining duration
Mining employees ('000)
Manufacturing agreements
Manufacturing AAWI(%)
Manufacturing duration
Manufacturing employees ('000)
Non-metal manufacturing agreements
Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Non-metal manufacturing duration
Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Metal manufacturing agreements
Metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Metal manufacturing duration
Metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000)
Construction agreements
Construction AAWI(%)
Construction duration
Construction employees ('000)
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
2.2
2.3
0.0
2
2.2
2.3
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
3.2
2.8
0.0
15
4.3
2.1
0.1
5
2.7
2.7
0.7
6
3.1
2.9
0.4
49
2.8
2.8
3.9
34
2.7
3.0
3.3
15
3.0
2.0
0.6
5
2.6
2.7
1.2
52
4.5
2.9
0.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
4.0
0.0
3
3.8
2.4
0.1
2
3.8
2.5
0.0
1
*
2.2
0.0
1
7.1
2.3
0.0
10
5.0
3.8
0.1
1
3.0
3.8
0.1
10
3.2
3.1
1.1
32
3.1
3.1
3.5
16
2.9
3.6
2.3
16
3.4
2.2
1.2
6
3.3
3.2
0.6
64
3.9
2.8
1.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
18
2.8
3.0
1.6
12
2.8
3.1
1.3
6
2.7
2.9
0.3
1
2.9
3.8
0.0
18
3.9
2.4
0.7
1
3.0
3.0
0.0
1
*
3.7
0.0
5
4.0
3.2
0.9
3
3.9
2.8
0.6
2
5.1
3.7
0.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
5
2.4
3.3
0.2
1
2.8
2.3
0.6
4
3.9
2.5
0.2
68
3.0
2.2
3.4
42
3.0
2.1
2.5
26
3.0
2.6
0.9
12
3.0
2.5
0.9
86
4.2
2.1
1.2
2
3.0
2.5
0.0
6
2.9
3.9
0.9
22
3.4
2.8
1.1
9
3.0
2.8
0.3
13
3.6
2.8
0.8
2
3.3
3.3
0.0
91
3.7
3.1
1.7
Multistate
2
3.2
3.5
0.2
13
3.6
3.9
3.2
9
3.4
2.7
1.5
2
2.5
2.5
0.1
7
3.4
2.7
1.4
2
4.9
2.6
2.1
76
3.8
3.1
1.2
Other
Total
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
12
2.8
2.7
1.6
41
3.3
3.6
5.9
208
3.0
2.8
15.9
122
2.9
2.9
10.4
86
3.3
2.6
5.5
31
3.7
2.7
4.9
417
3.9
2.8
7.4
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER
Wholesale Trade agreements
Wholesale Trade AAWI(%)
Wholesale Trade duration
Wholesale Trade employees ('000)
Retail Trade agreements
Retail Trade AAWI(%)
Retail Trade duration
Retail Trade employees ('000)
Accommodation and Food Services agreements
Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%)
Accommodation and Food Services duration
Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements
Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration
Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000)
Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements
Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%)
Information, Media, Telecomm duration
Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000)
Financial and Insurance Services agreements
Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%)
Financial and Insurance Services duration
Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agreements
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
1
4.0
4.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0.0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
2.8
3.0
0.1
7
2.4
2.2
0.4
2
3.3
2.4
0.4
11
2.4
3.3
1.2
21
3.3
2.9
1.1
1
*
0.7
0.0
1
*
4.0
0.0
1
3.9
1.1
0.0
9
3.1
2.1
0.2
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
1.9
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
3
3.1
3.2
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
2.6
3.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
5
2.7
2.9
0.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
9
2.7
3.5
0.3
15
2.8
3.1
2.3
1
*
1.7
0.5
1
2.8
3.0
0.1
7
3.3
3.4
0.1
11
5.2
2.0
0.6
3
2.5
2.9
0.1
4
3.0
3.6
0.5
3
*
0.8
0.1
10
3.3
2.7
1.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
4.3
2.2
0.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
2.7
2.5
0.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
2.8
2.7
0.0
3
3.1
2.4
0.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
11
3.5
2.7
0.2
8
3.6
2.6
0.2
1
3.7
3.8
0.1
18
3.3
3.1
0.4
1
3.0
3.0
0.1
5
3.1
2.6
0.1
4
4.0
2.6
0.1
8
4.1
1.7
0.3
5
3.1
2.5
0.1
7
*
3.9
0.3
4
3.6
2.2
0.2
15
3.0
3.4
0.7
1
2.8
3.5
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
6
4.6
3.2
0.1
5
3.2
3.8
0.4
Multistate
5
2.3
3.8
2.8
4
3.0
3.5
0.5
2
3.0
2.4
1.0
20
3.1
3.0
3.8
2
2.0
1.9
1.7
2
2.0
3.6
2.3
1
*
3.8
0.0
6
2.9
3.8
1.4
Other
Total
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
39
2.4
3.4
4.0
26
3.2
3.2
2.1
31
2.8
2.9
3.0
105
3.1
3.0
9.8
6
2.1
1.9
2.4
9
2.1
3.5
2.5
22
4.1
2.9
0.4
40
3.7
3.1
2.9
FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER
Administrative and Support Services agreements
Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%)
Administrative and Support Services duration
Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)
Public Administration and Safety agreements
Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%)
Public Administration and Safety duration
Public Administration and Safety employees ('000)
Education agreements
Education AAWI(%)
Education duration
Education employees ('000)
Health and Community Services agreements
Health and Community Services AAWI(%)
Health and Community Services duration
Health and Community Services employees ('000)
Arts and Recreation Services agreements
Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%)
Arts and Recreation Services duration
Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000)
Other Services agreements
Other Services AAWI(%)
Other Services duration
Other Services employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
10
4.1
2.7
0.1
5
2.8
3.1
9.1
1
2.8
3.1
0.4
1
3.0
3.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
3.8
3.1
0.0
39
2.8
3.1
9.9
10
4.0
2.6
1.3
4
2.3
2.8
0.2
10
3.1
2.1
0.2
16
3.2
2.7
3.8
1
*
3.7
0.0
6
3.8
3.5
0.4
217
3.1
2.8
16.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
2.3
3.0
0.3
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
3.4
3.8
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
3.8
3.0
0.0
25
3.2
3.2
0.7
6
2.6
2.2
0.3
2
1.5
3.0
0.3
13
3.1
2.6
1.0
23
3.0
1.9
7.8
4
3.6
3.3
0.1
6
5.1
1.4
0.1
216
3.1
2.5
20.4
1
*
3.7
0.0
1
2.7
3.0
0.0
1
4.0
4.0
4.5
17
3.1
2.2
1.3
1
*
3.0
0.0
5
3.6
2.2
0.1
85
3.5
3.3
10.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
6
2.9
1.6
0.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
4
3.2
1.2
0.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
4.4
1.6
0.1
30
3.3
2.5
2.5
17
3.1
2.3
0.9
14
4.1
2.1
2.9
8
3.8
2.4
7.8
54
3.8
3.1
14.6
3
2.6
1.9
0.3
5
2.5
3.1
1.2
328
3.7
2.7
35.4
4
5.4
1.8
0.1
14
3.7
2.4
1.9
2
4.0
2.1
2.5
7
2.8
3.2
1.7
0
*
0.0
0.0
3
3.5
3.3
0.1
196
3.6
2.9
11.8
Multistate
14
3.8
2.5
1.6
4
1.9
3.1
0.1
1
3.9
3.0
7.1
4
3.2
2.9
1.0
2
3.0
3.0
2.7
3
5.6
3.9
0.2
172
3.3
3.1
34.4
Notes:
1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
3. *No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Other
Total
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
3.0
0.4
1
*
3.0
0.4
2
*
3.0
0.8
62
3.7
2.4
4.3
52
3.1
2.8
15.4
36
3.9
2.9
23.4
128
3.4
2.7
30.3
12
2.9
2.9
3.5
33
3.5
3.0
2.7
1310
3.3
2.9
142.4
Table 17: Agreements current in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, June quarter 2014
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
Multistate
Other
Total
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000)
Mining agreements
Mining AAWI(%)
Mining duration
Mining employees ('000)
Manufacturing agreements
Manufacturing AAWI(%)
Manufacturing duration
Manufacturing employees ('000)
Non-metal manufacturing agreements
Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Non-metal manufacturing duration
Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Metal manufacturing agreements
Metal manufacturing AAWI(%)
Metal manufacturing duration
Metal manufacturing employees ('000)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%)
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration
Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000)
Construction agreements
Construction AAWI(%)
Construction duration
Construction employees ('000)
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
2.8
3.3
0.0
15
4.2
2.9
0.4
9
3.8
2.9
0.2
6
4.9
2.9
0.2
8
3.3
2.8
0.2
131
4.6
2.9
2.1
49
3.5
3.2
3.9
136
3.6
3.2
12.6
634
3.4
2.7
40.2
402
3.3
2.8
25.6
232
3.4
2.6
14.5
90
3.0
2.2
16.5
822
4.2
2.8
18.3
9
*
4.0
0.1
12
4.9
3.2
1.3
20
5.0
3.3
0.6
8
4.3
3.1
0.2
12
5.3
3.3
0.5
5
4.3
2.5
0.2
132
5.0
3.7
2.1
49
3.3
3.4
1.8
124
4.5
3.3
15.5
494
3.4
2.9
35.4
295
3.3
3.0
26.3
199
3.6
2.7
9.1
79
3.6
2.7
12.5
1303
5.0
3.0
27.7
21
3.3
3.0
0.6
21
3.8
3.8
1.4
201
3.1
3.0
15.4
140
3.0
3.1
9.9
61
3.2
2.7
5.5
28
4.8
1.9
3.6
176
4.1
2.9
4.2
8
3.7
2.8
0.5
15
3.7
3.2
1.0
69
3.5
3.1
3.8
43
3.4
2.8
2.0
26
3.7
3.5
1.8
9
3.4
3.5
0.6
46
3.1
3.0
1.3
62
3.2
3.1
2.2
31
4.2
2.7
1.3
1177
3.6
2.7
59.4
680
3.6
2.7
35.5
497
3.7
2.7
23.9
111
3.7
2.7
9.7
3189
5.7
2.9
44.0
30
3.4
3.3
1.2
128
4.2
3.5
17.0
268
3.9
2.9
12.5
111
3.8
2.9
5.3
157
4.0
3.0
7.1
60
3.9
3.5
7.4
962
4.2
3.3
20.2
17
3.2
3.5
0.8
73
4.1
3.7
7.7
167
3.3
2.8
26.9
79
3.4
2.9
10.4
88
3.2
2.8
16.5
29
4.3
2.8
6.6
736
4.3
3.3
16.4
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
3.9
0.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
245
3.4
3.2
11.0
543
4.1
3.4
58.0
3045
3.5
2.8
194.4
1767
3.4
2.9
115.4
1278
3.6
2.8
79.0
419
3.6
2.7
57.3
7497
4.9
3.0
136.3
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
Multistate
Other
Total
Wholesale Trade agreements
Wholesale Trade AAWI(%)
Wholesale Trade duration
Wholesale Trade employees ('000)
Retail Trade agreements
Retail Trade AAWI(%)
Retail Trade duration
Retail Trade employees ('000)
Accommodation and Food Services agreements
Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%)
Accommodation and Food Services duration
Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements
Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%)
Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration
Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000)
Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements
Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%)
Information, Media, Telecomm duration
Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000)
Financial and Insurance Services agreements
Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%)
Financial and Insurance Services duration
Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%)
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration
Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agreements
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)
8
3.3
2.9
0.2
3
*
4.0
0.1
15
2.6
3.6
0.9
2
4.2
3.8
0.0
5
2.7
2.7
0.3
2
3.0
3.8
0.0
5
5.2
3.4
0.1
39
3.7
3.6
0.6
104
3.4
2.7
4.4
68
3.4
3.8
6.7
157
2.9
3.4
12.3
270
3.6
2.8
17.0
46
2.3
2.7
1.8
32
3.6
2.8
2.6
38
4.1
3.0
0.9
81
3.5
2.6
5.3
10
4.7
3.3
0.4
9
5.5
3.9
0.5
7
3.8
4.0
0.3
32
4.0
3.2
0.9
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
4.0
2.8
0.2
8
4.0
3.2
0.2
16
5.0
3.8
0.8
90
3.3
2.8
4.4
141
4.1
3.9
5.4
161
2.9
4.1
12.5
235
3.6
3.0
15.2
13
2.9
2.2
0.9
14
4.1
3.1
2.7
111
4.3
3.3
2.0
117
4.2
3.3
6.3
37
3.1
2.9
1.6
34
3.5
3.1
1.7
32
3.7
3.3
1.1
96
3.4
2.9
5.7
3
3.0
2.4
0.1
8
3.4
3.5
0.3
36
3.7
3.9
0.4
23
3.8
2.6
0.8
16
2.7
2.3
0.9
9
3.2
3.2
0.2
8
2.5
4.6
0.4
35
3.0
2.9
1.6
3
3.5
2.5
0.7
6
3.0
2.5
0.3
5
3.2
2.8
0.1
6
3.0
3.2
0.1
154
3.4
2.7
5.2
95
3.6
3.1
4.2
88
3.4
3.6
4.0
248
4.3
2.7
20.8
36
3.2
2.6
1.7
47
3.3
3.1
2.4
102
5.6
3.0
1.6
143
4.3
2.8
5.6
67
4.3
3.1
4.2
73
3.4
4.0
5.6
73
3.3
4.2
8.7
260
4.4
3.2
13.0
12
3.9
2.8
0.7
11
2.9
3.5
0.7
58
4.2
3.4
1.0
88
4.3
3.5
6.7
67
3.0
3.4
12.3
78
3.0
3.0
264.4
18
3.1
3.9
97.6
273
3.5
3.2
92.6
38
3.3
2.7
50.1
53
2.9
2.2
132.5
28
3.6
3.8
3.0
89
3.6
3.2
13.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
2.3
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
553
3.4
3.0
33.6
510
3.1
3.0
288.9
559
3.0
3.9
137.8
1452
3.6
3.1
166.9
156
3.3
2.7
56.4
175
3.0
2.3
141.7
391
4.2
3.4
9.2
602
4.0
3.1
39.3
FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED
QUARTER
ACT
NSW
NT
Qld
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
Multistate
Other
Total
Administrative and Support Services agreements
Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%)
Administrative and Support Services duration
Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)
Public Administration and Safety agreements
Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%)
Public Administration and Safety duration
Public Administration and Safety employees ('000)
Education agreements
Education AAWI(%)
Education duration
Education employees ('000)
Health and Community Services agreements
Health and Community Services AAWI(%)
Health and Community Services duration
Health and Community Services employees ('000)
Arts and Recreation Services agreements
Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%)
Arts and Recreation Services duration
Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000)
Other Services agreements
Other Services AAWI(%)
Other Services duration
Other Services employees ('000)
All sector agreements
All sectors AAWI(%)
All sectors duration
All sectors employees ('000)
21
4.7
3.1
0.5
43
3.1
2.8
25.2
23
3.8
2.5
10.7
36
3.2
2.6
2.2
5
2.4
2.8
0.7
13
3.3
2.7
0.4
376
3.4
2.8
44.6
109
3.5
2.7
12.5
74
3.3
2.8
5.1
165
3.7
2.7
56.1
382
3.2
2.6
68.7
28
2.6
3.6
6.3
84
3.2
2.9
4.1
3369
3.4
2.8
295.3
11
3.8
3.6
0.9
29
3.5
2.9
7.1
9
3.9
2.6
0.9
45
3.3
2.9
3.6
4
3.5
3.0
0.8
18
4.2
3.4
0.8
378
4.0
3.1
21.8
118
4.3
3.0
7.0
57
3.1
3.4
5.3
212
3.0
2.6
51.4
389
3.0
2.4
55.6
41
3.0
2.8
7.1
99
3.4
2.4
8.7
3847
3.5
2.9
277.6
33
3.3
3.4
1.1
16
3.8
3.0
0.6
45
3.9
2.5
14.7
253
3.3
2.5
17.8
14
3.7
2.5
1.6
33
2.9
3.2
1.6
1110
3.5
2.7
74.4
9
3.1
3.0
0.6
33
2.9
2.2
3.5
19
3.5
2.9
1.5
65
3.2
2.0
7.2
6
4.0
3.0
0.2
17
4.0
2.8
0.7
384
3.2
2.6
25.2
240
4.6
2.8
9.1
211
3.8
3.1
84.8
96
3.8
3.1
132.8
435
2.8
3.3
177.5
45
3.5
2.5
14.0
127
3.9
2.6
5.3
6637
3.6
3.1
585.6
99
4.0
3.1
6.4
138
4.0
2.8
17.0
34
4.5
2.5
7.8
166
4.1
2.8
27.7
11
3.4
3.3
6.1
45
3.1
2.6
3.1
2583
4.1
3.2
167.1
104
3.8
3.4
14.0
111
3.4
2.7
196.7
66
3.9
3.0
42.5
54
3.6
2.8
35.3
16
3.0
2.9
3.9
44
4.5
2.3
10.9
2061
3.3
2.9
1027.1
0
*
0.0
0.0
2
5.0
3.6
0.1
1
3.3
2.0
0.0
0
*
0.0
0.0
1
*
3.0
0.4
3
3.0
2.9
0.7
9
3.5
3.0
1.5
744
4.0
3.1
52.1
714
3.5
2.8
345.6
670
3.6
2.9
318.4
1825
3.1
2.9
395.6
171
3.2
2.9
41.1
483
3.7
2.5
36.5
20754
3.5
2.9
2520.0
Notes:
1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.
2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal wage agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage agreements.
3. *No quantifiable agreements were certified in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.
Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Employment. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.
Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining - Technical Notes
The Workplace Agreements Database
Data presented in the Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining report (Trends) is drawn from the
Workplace Agreements Database (WAD), which is maintained by the Workplace Relations Policy Group
of the Department of Employment. The WAD contains information on all known federal enterprise
agreements that have operated since the introduction of the Enterprise Bargaining Principle in October
1991 and that have been subsequently provided to the Department of Employment. The WAD covers
general details (such as sector, ANZSIC, duration, employees covered), wage details (quantum and
timing of increases) and employment conditions.
Agreements included in the WAD
The following agreements are included in the WAD and thus in Trends:

For agreements made under the Fair Work Act 2009 or before the Work Choices amendments to
the Workplace Relations Act 2006, those that have been certified by the Australian Industrial
Relations Commission or approved by Fair Work Australia.

For agreements made under the Work Choices amendments but before the introduction of the
Fairness Test, those that were lodged with the Office of the Employment Advocate (OEA).

For agreements made under the fairness test, those that were lodged with the Workplace
Authority. However, agreements were subsequently deleted and do not appear in the data if
they ceased to operate because they did not pass the fairness test.

For agreements made under the Transition to Forward with Fairness amendments to the WR Act,
union collective and employee collective agreements that were approved by the Workplace
Authority. Union greenfields and employer greenfields were included when they were lodged,
but were deleted if they ceased to operate because they did not pass the no-disadvantage test.
Wider context for Trends data
Over one third of all non-managerial employees in the Australian labour market (as measured by the
ABS 2012 Employee Earnings and Hours survey) are covered by federal enterprise agreements. The
below table shows the growth in coverage by federally registered agreements, as measured by the
more recent ABS EEH surveys.
All non-managerial employees (%)
Award
Collective Agreement (Federally Registered)
Collective Agreement (State Registered)
Collective Agreement (Unregistered)
Individual Agreement (Registered and unregistered)
2006
21.0
28.5
12.8
3.2
34.5
2008
18.1
29.0
13.2
0.7
39.1
2010
16.4
33.1
12.4
0.0
38.0
2012
17.8
34.3
10.6*
37.3
* The May 2012 ABS EEH Survey does not breakup State Registered and Unregistered Collective Agreements
Source for Table: ABS, Employee Earnings and Hours, Cat. No. 6306.0, May 2006, August 2008, May 2010 and May
2012, unpublished data. Please note that this is not intended to be analysed as a time series.
Presentation of Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining data
A typical row of data in Trends appears as follows:
All Industries
1310
Total number of agreements for a given quarter
AAWI (%)
3.3
Average Annualised Wage Increase for the quarter
Duration
2.9
Average formal duration per employee for the quarter
Employees ('000)
142.4
Estimated total number of employees covered by the number of
agreements in the first row
It is important to note that not all agreements contain quantifiable wage increases and in most cases
the AAWI is not derived from the total number of agreements shown in the first row or the total
number of employees shown in the third row. A more detailed explanation of why this is the case is
provided below under ’Average annualised wage increases’
Employee coverage
Information on the number of employees covered by an agreement is drawn from the information
provided to FWA, the AIRC or the Workplace Authority by the employer who lodges the agreement.
In the Trends data, the number of employees covered by agreements is presented as an estimated
figure, as employee coverage figures are not always provided when an agreement is lodged.
Where an agreement’s employee coverage is not known and the agreement replaces an earlier
agreement where employee coverage is known, the employee coverage of the earlier agreement is
used. For those agreements still lacking employee coverage a ‘modified mean’ is used to estimate
employee coverage. The modified mean is generated for each industry group by current quarter
removing the largest 5% and smallest 5% of agreements, and then calculating the mean of the
remainder.
As the number of employees covered by an enterprise agreement frequently changes during the life of
an agreement, due to workforce fluctuations, the total number of employees covered is not necessarily
indicative of the total current coverage of enterprise agreements.
Duration of agreements
‘Formal duration’ is the period from certification to expiry in years.
The ‘effective duration’ of each agreement is used to calculate AAWIs rather than formal duration (that
is, the period from certification to expiry). The effective duration of a wage agreement is the difference
in years between: certification, commencement or the date of the first wage increase (whichever is
earliest) and expiry date or the date of the last wage increase (whichever is latest) or termination date
(where applicable and only if prior to the later of either the expiry date or the date of the last wage
increase). Those few agreements with a formal duration of less than one year are deemed to have an
effective duration of 12 months.
Average annualised wage increases
Estimates of average wage increases are calculated for those federal enterprise agreements that
provide quantifiable wage increases over the life of the agreement. Enterprise agreements for which
average percentage wage increases could not be quantified (e.g. those with inconsistent increases) are
excluded from these estimates.
AAWI data examines only increases to the base rate of pay, and does not take into account allowances
and bonus payments that are paid separate to the base wage. The ABS produces a more comprehensive
dataset on total labour costs (Labour Price Index):
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6345.0
For agreements with quantifiable wage increases, the average annualised wage increase (AAWI) per
agreement is calculated using the following formula:
1
𝑑
𝑁
100 × {[∏(1 + 𝑟𝑖 )] − 1}
𝑖=1
ri = % increases of the ith time*
N = the number of increases over the life of the agreement
d = the effective duration of the agreement in years
*(Flat dollar increases are converted to a percentage using average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE),
drawn from ABS, 6302.0 - Average Weekly Earnings, Australia) for the relevant ANZSIC industry division and
quarter)
AAWI per agreement provides only a simple unweighted average and tends to overstate the average
wage increase received by employees. For this reason Trends reports the AAWI per employee, which is
calculated by weighting AAWI per agreement by the number of employees covered by that agreement.
The all current wage estimates are the AAWI per employee for all quantifiable federal wage agreements
that are current on the last day of the quarter. Current agreements are those agreements that have
been certified but have neither been terminated nor expired at a given point in time. An agreement
that expires on a given date is deemed to be current on that date.
Estimates of AAWI generally exclude increases paid in the form of conditional performance pay, one-off
bonuses, profit sharing or share acquisition, as these data cannot readily be either quantified or
annualised.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)
From the September quarter 2009, Trends uses ANZSIC 2006 divisions for data presented by industry,
while previous releases used ANZSIC 1993 divisions. This change followed the use of ANZSIC 2006
divisions in the August 2009 Average Weekly Earnings survey released by the ABS, from which data
about AWOTE are drawn for use in calculating AAWIs.
From the September quarter 2009, historical industry data contained in the Trends report have also
been produced using ANZSIC 2006 divisions.
Non-quantifiable wage increases
Wage increases are only recorded in the WAD if the same percentage wage increase that applies to all
employees covered by the agreement can be quantified. There are many reasons why wage increases
provided for in federal enterprise agreements may not be quantifiable. The list of reasons recorded in
the WAD about why wage increases cannot be quantified is as follows:
Reason
Inconsistent Increase
Performance Linked
Linked to CPI
Linked to Minimum Wages
Definition
Percentage wage increases vary between
classifications in the agreement
Wage increases are awarded only if certain
productivity improvements are made, or if wage
increases are dependent upon individual or
company performance
Wage increases in the agreement are linked in
some way to CPI movements, and cannot be
quantified
Wage increases in the agreement are linked in
some way to movements in the minimum wage or
award rates, and cannot be quantified.
Reason
Other Reason
Definition
Wage increases cannot be quantified due to a
reason not elsewhere classified.
Types of Collective Agreements
Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining tables 5, 6 and 12 include information about collective
agreements broken down by the type of agreement, as determined by the relevant legislation. The
following list shows the types of collective agreements available under the two pieces of legislation
included in this report.
Collective agreements made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996:




Employee collective
Employee greenfields
Union collective
Union greenfields
Enterprise agreements made under the Fair Work Act 2009




Single enterprise non-greenfields
Single enterprise greenfields
Multi-enterprise non-greenfields
Multi-enterprise greenfields
Of note, in sections 327-330 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996, the primary division between types
of agreements was whether they were made with a union or without a union, while the primary
division between agreements made under section 172 of the Fair Work Act 2009 is whether they cover
a single or multiple enterprises. Under both pieces of legislation, the secondary division is whether or
not the agreement is a greenfields agreement, that is, it is made to cover a genuine new enterprise or
undertaking for which no persons have been employed who will be covered by the agreement.
Union Coverage
Care should be taken when analysing data in tables 13 and 14, comparing agreements that cover a
union and those that do not.
Data about unions covered by agreements made under the Fair Work Act 2009 may not provide an
accurate reflection of union involvement in bargaining for agreements. Under the Fair Work Act 2009 it
is possible for a union to have been involved in bargaining for an agreement and then not be covered
by the approved agreement. It is also possible for a union to be covered by an agreement because they
were a bargaining representative, even if they did not take an active role in the negotiations.
Further, data about non-greenfields agreements made under the Fair Work Act 2009 that cover a union
cannot be directly compared with data about union collective agreements or s.170LJ agreements made
under the Workplace Relations Act 1996, which had to be made with a union. While a union may be a
bargaining representative, there is no capacity under the Fair Work Act 2009 for agreements (other
than greenfields agreements) to be made with a union.