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Work Stoppages: December 2008 quarter


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Highlights


  • 22 work stoppages ended in the December 2008 year.
  • The estimated loss in wages and salaries for the December 2008 year was $2.4 million.
  • 5 work stoppages ended in the December 2008 quarter.


Quarterly Work Stoppages

Quarter

Number of work stoppages Number of employees involved Person-days of work lost Estimated loss in wages and salaries
$(000)
December 2007 13   842 2,711 434
March 2008       3   118  178  24
June 2008  9 3,890 7,412 2,181
September 2008     5 R     551 R     480 R     62 R
December 2008

 5

 434

 516

 99

R revised

Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician
22 April 2009
ISSN 1178-0703

There is a companion Media Release published – Work Stoppages: December 2008 quarter.

 



  Work Stoppages: December 2008 quarter (pdf)



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