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Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining ReportDecember Quarter 2018

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining ReportInitial Tables

Table 1: Average Annualised Wage Increases for agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 which contained quantifiable wage increases (740 agreements)

Enterprise agreements approved in the quarter.

SeptemberQuarter 2018 (%)

DecemberQuarter 2018 (%)

Change(% Points)

All sectors 3.2 2.8 -0.4Private sector 3.0 3.0 0.0Public sector 3.3 2.7 -0.6

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Table 2: Average Annualised Wage Increases for agreements current on 31 December 2018 which contained

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Table of ContentsTrends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining Report Initial Tables 2

Table 1: Average Annualised Wage Increases for agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 which contained quantifiable wage increases (740 agreements) 2

Table 2: Average Annualised Wage Increases for agreements current on 31 December 2018 which contained quantifiable wage increases (7, 570 agreements) 2

Further Information 5Disclaimer 5

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining report Summary 61. Wages growth under federal enterprise agreements December quarter 2018 - Tables 1 and 2 in Trends report 6

2. Federal enterprise agreements – Proportion of Australian employees covered 6

3. Comparison of AAWI, ABS Wage Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) 7

4. AAWI - agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 and agreements current as at 31 December 2018 - Tables 3 and 4 in Trends report 8

5. Private sector wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 3 and 7 in Trends report 9

6. Public sector wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 3 in Trends report 10

7. State/Territories wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 10 in Trends report 11

8. Wages growth for agreements that cover union/s and agreements with no union/s covered – December quarter 2018 - Table 13 in Trends report 11

9. Level of agreement making, as at 31 December 2018 - Table 4 in Trends report 12

Chart 6 - Current agreements and employee coverage – December 2015- December 2018 12

10. Non-quantifiable agreements – December quarter 2018 - Table 12 in Trends report 13

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining Report Main Tables 14Table 3 - Agreements approved in the quarter by sector (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 14

Table 4 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by sector (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)15

Table 5 - Agreements approved in the quarter by agreement type (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 16

Table 6 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by agreement type (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 17

Table 7 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by ANZSIC Division (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 18

Table 8 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by ANZSIC Division (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 21

Table 9 - Agreements, by ANZSIC Division, expiring by quarter (December quarter 2018 – December quarter 2021) 24

Table 10 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by state (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 27

Table 11 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by state (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)29

Table 12 - Agreements approved in the quarter – non-quantifiable wage increases, by reason (December quarter 2017 – December quarter 2018) 31

Inconsistent Increase 31

Other Reason 32

Table 13 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by union coverage (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 34

Table 14 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by union coverage (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) 35

Table 15 - Agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 2,000 employees or more 36

Table 16 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, December quarter 2018 37

Table 17 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, December quarter 2018 40

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining - Technical Notes 43The Workplace Agreements Database 43

Agreements included in the WAD 43

Wider context for Trends data 43

Technical Notes Table - Instrument providing rate of pay for all employees, 2010-2016 44

Presentation of Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining data 44

Employee coverage 45

Duration of agreements 45

Average annualised wage increases 45

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 46

Union Coverage 46

Non-quantifiable wage increases 46

Types of Enterprise Agreements 48

Recent methodological change 48

Further InformationTrends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining (jobs.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 calculation methodology for the calculation of the data and provide a guide to interpreting data tables.

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Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining reportSummary

1. Wages growth under federal enterprise agreements December quarter 2018 - Tables 1 and 2 in Trends report

The average annualised wage increase (AAWI) for federal enterprise agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 was 2.8 per cent, down from 3.2 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and up from 2.5 per cent in the December quarter 2017.1

The 2.8 per cent AAWI result is based on the 80.1 per cent of agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 84.4 per cent of employees, which contained quantifiable wage increases.2

For the 7,559 enterprise agreements current as at 31 December 2018 (that is, agreements that have not passed the nominal expiry date and not been terminated) that had a quantifiable wage increase, the AAWI was 2.7 per cent, unchanged from 2.7 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and down from 2.8 per cent in the December quarter 2017.

2. Federal enterprise agreements – Proportion of Australian employees covered In total, enterprise agreements (including federal and state) covered 37.9 per cent of all Australian employees in May 2018.

Federal enterprise agreements covered 30.2 per cent of all Australian employees as at May 2016 3. Data for this measure for 2018 is not currently available.

1 - See Note 1 at the end of this summary for more details2 - See Note 2 (Non-quantifiable agreements) at the end of this summary for more details.3 - See Note 3 at the end of this summary for more details.

3. Comparison of AAWI, ABS Wage Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Chart 1 - AAWI in approved agreements, ABS Wage Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) – December quarter 2015 to December quarter 2018

Source: Department of Jobs and Small Business, Workplace Agreements Database; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Wage Price Index, Australia, Cat. No. 6345.0 – December 2018; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Australia, Cat. No. 6401.0 – December 2018.

The ABS Wage Price Index (WPI) measures the price of wages in the Australian economy and is a key macroeconomic indicator. The stability of the WPI makes it the preferred indicator of wage trends for the ABS and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a measure of inflation, or the cost of living. It measures changes in the price of a 'basket' of goods and services which account for a high proportion of expenditure by metropolitan households.

4. AAWI - agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 and agreements current as at 31 December 2018 - Tables 3 and 4 in Trends report

Chart 2 - Approved and current agreements AAWI by quarter – December quarter 2015 to December quarter 2018

Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Jobs and Small Business.Chart 2 (above) shows quarterly AAWI results for agreements approved each quarter since the December quarter 2015, and the AAWI for all agreements current at the end of each quarter.

Approved agreements

There were 924 agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, of which 740 contained wage increases that could be quantified.

The AAWI for agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 was 2.8 per cent, down from 3.2 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and up from 2.5 per cent in the December quarter 2017. The fall in the overall AAWI from the September quarter is primarily due to two large Victorian public sector health agreements with 4.5 per cent AAWIs approved in the September quarter. The AAWI for the private sector remained steady at 3.0 per cent, unchanged from the September quarter 2018 and up from 2.7 per cent in the December quarter 2017.

Current Agreements

There were 10,919 agreements current as at 31 December 2018, of which 7,559 contained quantifiable wage increases.

The AAWI for agreements current (not expired or terminated) as at 31 December 2018 was 2.7 per cent, unchanged from 2.7 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and down from 2.8 per cent in the December quarter 2017

The latest quarter’s outcome for current agreements is part of a long-term downward trend, caused primarily by the cumulative effect of newly approved agreements over the past year and a half with AAWIs that are lower than historic levels.

5. Private sector wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 3 and 7 in Trends reportChart 3 - Private Sector AAWI – Approved and current agreements – December 2015 to December 2018

Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Jobs and Small Business.

Chart 3 (above) shows the quarterly AAWI for private sector agreements approved each quarter since the December quarter 2015, and the AAWI for private sector agreements current as at the end of each quarter.

The AAWI for private sector enterprise agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 was 3.0 per cent, unchanged from 3.0 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and up from 2.7 per cent in the December quarter 2017.

The industries with the highest AAWIs were Rental, hiring and real estate services (6.5 per cent) and Construction (6.0 per cent).

The industries with the lowest AAWIs were Information media and telecommunications (2.1 per cent), Arts and recreation services (2.2 per cent), Professional, scientific and technical services (2.3 per cent), and Public administration and safety (2.3 per cent).

Large quantifiable private sector agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 include:

Australian Catholic University Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017-2021 (3,736 employees; 2.7 per cent AAWI)

Bupa Australia Enterprise Agreement 2017 (2,249 employees; 3.1 per cent AAWI) Qantas Airways Limited and Qcatering Limited - Transport Workers Agreement 2018 (2,054 employees;

3.0 per cent AAWI)

6. Public sector wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 3 in Trends reportChart 4 Public Sector AAWI – Approved and current agreements – December 2015 – December 2018

Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Jobs and Small Business

Chart 4 (above) shows the AAWI for public sector agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 was 2.7 per cent, down from 3.3 per cent in the September quarter 2018, and up from 2.3 per cent in the December quarter 2017. The difference between the December 2018 AAWI and the September 2018 AAWI is primarily due to two large Victorian health agreements with 4.5 per cent AAWIs approved in the September quarter 2018. Further, seven large university agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 have relatively low AAWIs (ranging from 2.1 per cent to 2.6 per cent).

Large quantifiable public sector agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 include:

RMIT University Enterprise Agreement 2018 (8,092 employees; 2.6 per cent AAWI) Disability Services Enterprise Agreement Victoria 2018-2022 (6,519 employees; 3.7 per cent AAWI) Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018 (6,185 employees; 3.6 per cent AAWI) University of Technology Sydney Professional Staff Agreement 2018 (5,038 employees; 2.3 per cent

AAWI) University of Tasmania Staff Agreement 2017 – 2021 (4,752 employees; 2.1 per cent AAWI) University of Technology Sydney Academic Staff Agreement 2018 (4,198 employees; 2.2 per cent AAWI) Griffith University Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 – 2021 (3,406 employees;

2.3 per cent AAWI) Macquarie University Professional Staff Enterprise Agreement 2018 (2,784 employees; 2.2 per cent

AAWI) Macquarie University Academic Staff Enterprise Agreement 2018 (2,303 employees; 2.1 per cent AAWI)

7. State/Territories wages growth – December quarter 2018 - Table 10 in Trends report


Chart 5 (above) shows the AAWI results for each state and territory

AAWIs for agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 were highest in Victoria and the ACT, both at 3.2 per cent.

Agreements in Western Australia had the lowest AAWI at 2.1 per cent.

8. Wages growth for agreements that cover union/s and agreements with no union/s covered – December quarter 2018 4 - Table 13 in Trends report

Agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 that formally covered unions had a combined AAWI of 2.8 per cent whereas agreements with no unions formally covered had a combined AAWI of 2.5 per cent.

4 See note 4 for more details.

9. Level of agreement making, as at 31 December 2018 - Table 4 in Trends report

Chart 6 - Current agreements and employee coverage – December 2015- December 2018


Chart 6 (above) shows there were 10,919 current (not expired or terminated) agreements as at 31 December 2018, covering 1.88 million employees.

This is lower than the 10,992 agreements current as at 30 September 2018, and the 12,986 agreements current at 31 December 2017.

The December 2018 employee coverage is lower than the 1.89 million employees covered at 30 September 2018, but is higher than the 1.81 million employees at 31 December 2017.

10. Non-quantifiable agreements5 – December quarter 2018 - Table 12 in Trends reportChart 7 - Non-quantifiable agreements, proportion of approved agreements and employees covered, December quarter 2015– December quarter 2018


Chart 7 (above) demonstrates the proportion of employees covered by non-quantifiable agreements is more volatile than the proportion of agreements that are non-quantifiable. This volatility is due to larger agreements (in terms of employee coverage) with non-quantifiable wage increases being approved in some quarters but not others.

19.9 per cent of agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 15.6 per cent of employees, do not contain quantifiable wage increases, and thus are not included as part of the AAWI calculations. A non-quantifiable agreement is one that does not have consistent wage increases for all employees covered or wage adjustments are linked to other sources, such as the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review or CPI or WPI movements.

Three agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 covering more than 2,000 employees did not have quantifiable wage increases.

Best & Less Enterprise Agreement (2,932 employees)

o Wage increases in the agreement are linked to annual minimum wage decisions from the Fair Work Commission.

The Queensland Anglican Schools Enterprise Agreement 2018 (2,435 employees)

o Wage increases in the agreement are inconsistent between classifications of employees, ranging from 1.0 per cent to 2.5 per cent.

Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017 (2,166 employees)

Wage increases in the agreement are linked to annual minimum wage decisions from the Fair Work Commission.

5 See Trends Technical notes for more information on why an agreement is Non-Quantifiable.

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining ReportMain Tables

Table 3 - Agreements approved in the quarter by sector (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER

Dec-15 Mar-16 Jun-16 Sep-16 Dec-16 Mar-17 Jun-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18

Public sector agreements 46 48 52 33 69 58 47 38 49 36 54 31 43Public sector AAWI (%) 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 3.3 2.7Public sector duration (yrs) 2.2 3.2 3.5 2.6 4.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.9 3.9Public sector employees ('000) 27.9 42.1 56.5 15.2 123.6 31.3 41.5 167.8 66.4 35.6 75.0 39.0 51.2Private sector agreements 1229 956 1098 1653 1287 911 799 641 999 921 1057 842 881Private sector AAWI (%) 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0Private sector duration (yrs) 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.8Private sector employees ('000) 196.6 71.5 98.4 129.8 122.6 120.5 72.7 68.4 83.5 90.7 196.0 93.8 87.2All sector agreements 1275 1004 1150 1686 1356 969 846 679 1048 957 1111 873 924All sectors AAWI (%) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8All sectors duration (yrs) 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 224.5 113.6 154.8 145.0 246.2 151.8 114.2 236.2 149.9 126.3 271.0 132.8 138.4Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Jobs and Small Business.

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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 43 public sector agreements were approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 51,200 employees. Their average AAWI was 2.7 per cent and their average duration was 4.0 years.

Table 4 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by sector (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Public sector agreements 485 499 528 459 495 523 543 464 495 499 530 493 506Public sector AAWI(%) 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7Public sector duration 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6Public sector employees ('000) 626.9 608.1 604.7 552.5 573.8 527.6 521.3 569.6 615.8 616.5 669.3 696.1 726.2Private sector agreements 14093 13896 13911 13764 14169 14037 13947 12446 12489 12232 12301 10497 10391Private sector AAWI(%) 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7Private sector duration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0Private sector employees ('000) 1609.8 1586.7 1558.3 1434.2 1484.8 1466.3 1356.9 1188.4 1194.5 1165.2 1290.5 1197.4 1152.5All sector agreements 14578 14395 14439 14223 14664 14560 14490 12910 12984 12731 12831 10990 10897All sectors AAWI(%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7All sectors duration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 2236.7 2194.8 2163.0 1986.7 2058.6 1993.9 1878.2 1758.0 1810.3 1781.7 1959.7 1893.4 1878.7



agreements.3. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 506 public sector agreements were current as at 31 December 2018, covering 726,200 employees. Their average AAWI was 2.7 per cent and their average duration was 3.6 years.

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Table 5 - Agreements approved in the quarter by agreement type (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%) * * * * * * * * * * * * *Multi-enterprise greenfields duration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees ('000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 8 7 1 8 6 8 5 4 3 7 3 5 6Multi-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%) 4.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.1 * 2.2 3.4Multi-enterprise non-greenfields duration 1.2 2.7 3.3 4.0 2.2 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.5 2.4 2.3 2.8 3.2Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000) 13.6 2.3 0.8 5.0 5.5 24.8 3.3 1.4 0.5 1.9 2.8 4.7 13.7Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 74 57 53 46 48 40 18 28 26 21 42 43 32Single-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%) 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.1 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.6 3.5 3.4 3.8Single-enterprise greenfields duration 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.6 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3 2.2 3.3 3.2 2.8 1.8Single-enterprise greenfields employees ('000) 3.1 1.7 2.4 1.7 1.6 4.6 2.1 1.4 2.4 1.7 2.3 2.2 0.7Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 1193 940 1096 1632 1302 921 823 647 1019 929 1066 825 886Single-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%) 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8Single-enterprise non-greenfields duration 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000) 207.8 109.6 151.6 138.3 239.2 122.4 108.7 233.4 147.1 122.7 265.9 126.0 123.9All agreements 1275 1004 1150 1686 1356 969 846 679 1048 957 1111 873 924All AAWI(%) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8All duration 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2All employees ('000) 224.5 113.6 154.8 145.0 246.2 151.8 114.2 236.2 149.9 126.3 271.0 132.8 138.4



agreements.3. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.5. Agreement types – see “Types of Enterprise Agreements” section in Technical Notes at the end of this report.

How to read: Six multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements were approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 13,700 employees. Their average AAWI was 3.4 per cent and their average duration was 3.2 years.

Table 6 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by agreement type (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018) FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%) 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 * * * * *Multi-enterprise greenfields duration 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees ('000) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 67 65 62 65 65 63 62 57 58 58 60 57 59Multi-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%) 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7Multi-enterprise non-greenfields duration 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000) 121.2 78.1 78.7 76.3 51.5 52.2 54.6 50.4 49.9 47.4 48.6 49.2 62.7Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 1419 1334 1278 1167 1131 1076 981 793 712 622 544 455 413Single-enterprise greenfields AAWI(%) 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8Single-enterprise greenfields duration 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2Single-enterprise greenfields employees ('000) 52.9 48.3 47.1 43.0 42.4 42.8 40.1 33.9 33.5 29.8 27.9 25.4 24.3Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 13090 12995 13098 12990 13467 13420 13446 12059 12214 12051 12227 10478 10425Single-enterprise non-greenfields AAWI(%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7Single-enterprise non-greenfields duration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees ('000) 2062.5 2068.4 2037.

21867.3 1964.6 1898.9 1783.

61673.6 1726.8 1704.5 1883.

21818.8 1791.6


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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.5. Agreement types – see “Types of Enterprise Agreements” section in Technical Notes at the end of this report.

How to read: 59 multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements were current as at 31 December 2018, covering 62,700 employees. Their average AAWI was 2.7 per cent and their average duration was 3.3 years.

Table 7 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by ANZSIC Division (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER

Dec-15

Mar-16 Jun-16 Sep-16

Dec-16 Mar-17 Jun-17 Sep-17 Dec-17

Mar-18

Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements 8 9 16 9 16 8 14 4 12 11 19 7 12Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%) 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.1 2.6 3.0 2.4Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration 3.5 2.6 3.1 3.3 2.6 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 3.6Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000) 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.5 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.2Mining agreements 32 23 25 26 17 20 29 18 33 24 38 20 25Mining AAWI(%) 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.6 2.3 1.4 2.3 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.7Mining duration 3.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.5 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.6 2.8Mining employees ('000) 3.0 3.3 1.5 4.1 0.9 1.2 3.6 1.5 3.6 2.3 6.8 2.6 2.1Manufacturing agreements 180 166 180 215 250 158 161 112 203 151 138 145 148Manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8Manufacturing duration 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.9Manufacturing employees ('000) 12.1 8.8 11.6 11.3 14.5 10.3 8.5 7.7 15.2 8.5 12.0 10.3 12.6Non-metal manufacturing agreements 110 112 121 119 163 108 111 79 128 96 88 93 94Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.9Non-metal manufacturing duration 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000) 7.6 6.6 9.6 7.0 8.8 7.4 5.8 4.4 8.6 5.6 8.4 5.6 8.6Metal manufacturing agreements 70 54 59 96 87 50 50 33 75 55 50 52 54Metal manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.0 2.6Metal manufacturing duration 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.4 2.7 3.1Metal manufacturing employees ('000) 4.5 2.2 2.0 4.3 5.7 2.8 2.7 3.2 6.5 3.0 3.6 4.7 4.0Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements 47 27 23 27 27 25 24 24 38 24 38 34 33Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%) 2.8 2.2 2.3 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.2 2.3 2.9 3.1 2.5 3.2 2.8Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration 2.5 2.9 1.7 2.4 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.3 2.8Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000) 3.9 1.6 2.0 1.3 3.5 2.6 3.4 3.7 10.4 2.2 12.7 4.9 3.8Construction agreements 363 273 461 825 470 246 212 202 319 279 359 328 323Construction AAWI(%) 3.8 3.9 3.8 6.0 5.3 4.2 3.7 3.1 4.7 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.0Construction duration 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3Construction employees ('000) 9.5 7.9 10.3 18.7 8.4 3.9 3.2 4.5 9.4 7.8 6.8 7.3 6.6Wholesale Trade agreements 45 32 22 60 57 52 34 24 61 35 39 43 32Wholesale Trade AAWI(%) 2.9 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.0 2.4Wholesale Trade duration 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.3Wholesale Trade employees ('000) 2.1 1.6 1.2 2.7 2.4 6.5 2.1 1.4 3.5 2.4 1.8 2.3 2.3

FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER

Dec-15



Mar-18


Retail Trade agreements 11 23 17 17 14 18 11 10 20 6 7 9 15Retail Trade AAWI(%) 2.3 2.9 2.0 4.2 2.7 2.4 2.4 1.1 2.3 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.3Retail Trade duration 3.0 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.5 2.6 3.6 2.2 2.7 2.0 4.0 3.4Retail Trade employees ('000) 1.1 2.5 2.1 0.3 1.0 5.0 1.3 2.6 3.6 3.1 82.8 1.4 6.2Accommodation and Food Services agreements 34 20 21 27 28 21 15 16 4 4 15 3 14Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%) 2.8 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.1 3.2 2.2 3.8 2.7Accommodation and Food Services duration 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.7 2.7 2.6 3.5 4.0 3.6Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000) 3.7 1.8 0.7 2.0 1.8 1.1 0.9 2.5 0.6 1.8 1.5 0.1 1.3Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements 117 91 83 85 90 79 71 52 87 73 111 89 55Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%) 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.7Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.5 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000) 16.2 7.2 9.5 5.5 14.3 11.6 5.4 35.7 14.9 6.3 27.1 12.9 7.6Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements 14 11 3 6 10 10 1 4 4 3 8 6 7Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%) 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.9 2.1Information, Media, Telecomm duration 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.3 3.5 1.7 2.8 3.0 2.4 3.1Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000) 33.7 0.9 0.1 0.6 1.7 4.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.8Financial and Insurance Services agreements 13 4 8 13 19 6 5 4 14 8 13 6 9Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%) 3.0 3.6 2.9 2.1 2.8 2.3 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.4 3.1 2.6Financial and Insurance Services duration 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.0 1.0 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.5 1.9 2.9Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000) 56.1 0.6 15.2 32.0 34.3 0.8 7.8 0.9 3.1 1.3 1.4 0.5 4.2Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements 18 21 9 31 26 26 8 8 10 7 17 9 18Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%) 2.6 3.3 2.0 6.0 3.7 2.7 1.8 2.0 3.2 2.7 3.6 7.9 6.5Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration 3.1 2.9 3.7 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.1 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.9 1.8 1.9Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agts 33 24 15 38 41 24 22 27 30 23 25 15 16Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%) 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration 2.8 2.9 3.2 2.9 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.6 3.3 3.5 2.7 2.9Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000)

2.2 1.4 0.3 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.1 7.4 1.0 2.2 2.4 4.8 1.6

Administrative and Support Services agreements 52 28 30 64 50 30 26 13 21 20 20 25 18Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%) 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.4 2.3 2.7 2.1 3.0 2.4 3.9 4.2 4.5 2.9Administrative and Support Services duration 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.0 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.1Administrative and Support Services employees ('000)

3.9 3.2 1.8 3.1 5.0 3.1 2.7 0.5 1.4 1.2 5.4 0.6 3.7

FOR AGREEMENTS LODGED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER

Dec-15



Mar-18


Public Administration and Safety agreements 46 53 55 59 65 50 51 25 43 42 49 26 35Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%) 2.3 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.3Public Administration and Safety duration 2.9 3.3 3.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.5 2.8Public Administration and Safety employees ('000) 16.4 39.0 52.7 14.1 27.6 17.0 13.0 51.3 41.0 10.9 32.4 10.0 6.4Education agreements 97 58 50 31 48 63 40 27 40 67 75 38 50Education AAWI(%) 3.8 3.0 3.0 2.6 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.6Education duration 1.6 2.5 2.7 3.8 2.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.3 1.9 3.4Education employees ('000) 27.6 6.5 10.1 25.9 9.5 45.2 14.1 85.1 11.7 33.2 27.4 41.4 45.1Health and Community Services agreements 97 108 82 108 81 87 76 87 79 147 107 48 85Health and Community Services AAWI(%) 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.5 3.9 2.9Health and Community Services duration 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.3 4.6 2.5 2.9 2.5 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.6 3.7Health and Community Services employees ('000) 20.5 22.9 28.6 17.3 109.2 24.7 38.6 23.0 23.9 36.0 45.4 29.7 28.1Arts and Recreation Services agreements 18 8 21 13 13 14 8 9 10 6 7 8 9Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%) 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.5 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.2Arts and Recreation Services duration 2.2 3.2 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.1Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000) 4.0 1.9 3.2 1.8 5.9 8.8 1.5 3.6 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3Other Services agreements 50 25 29 32 34 32 38 13 20 27 26 14 20Other Services AAWI(%) 3.2 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.6Other Services duration 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.9 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.5Other Services employees ('000) 6.2 1.8 3.4 1.1 2.5 1.0 3.1 1.2 2.6 4.0 1.0 1.3 3.1All sector agreements 1275 1004 1150 1686 1356 969 846 679 1048 957 1111 873 924All sectors AAWI(%) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8All sectors duration 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 224.

5113.6 154.8 145.

0246.2 151.8 114.2 236.2 149.

9126.

3271.0 132.8 138.4


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. The manufacturing category has been disaggregated into metals and non-metals industries.4. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.5. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: Twelve Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements were approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 1,200 employees. Their average AAWI was 2.4 per cent and their average duration was 3.6 years

Table 8 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by ANZSIC Division (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT AT THE END OF THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements 138 141 150 134 147 143 155 136 141 141 149 137 138Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI (%) 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration (yrs) 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000) 9.5 9.7 10.0 8.9 9.4 11.3 12.9 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.9 12.5 12.3Mining agreements 467 455 441 428 411 397 389 361 360 360 355 324 307Mining AAWI (%) 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1Mining duration (yrs) 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3Mining employees ('000) 52.3 52.6 49.9 50.6 46.9 43.4 41.0 38.2 39.0 38.9 40.1 37.2 35.3Manufacturing agreements 2508 2485 2429 2284 2325 2292 2282 2007 2025 1992 1962 1707 1687Manufacturing AAWI (%) 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.6Manufacturing duration (yrs) 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0Manufacturing employees ('000) 167.0 163.7 162.6 146.2 148.5 145.8 144.6 129.1 131.7 126.1 125.7 108.7 109.1Non-metal manufacturing agreements 1568 1573 1538 1458 1478 1454 1452 1306 1310 1287 1266 1116 1111Non-metal manufacturing AAWI (%) 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5Non-metal manufacturing duration (yrs) 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000) 106.7 104.9 106.2 99.1 100.4 97.8 97.7 86.8 85.6 82.8 82.5 73.4 73.9Metal manufacturing agreements 940 912 891 826 847 838 830 701 715 705 696 591 576Metal manufacturing AAWI (%) 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6Metal manufacturing duration (yrs) 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0Metal manufacturing employees ('000) 60.3 58.8 56.4 47.0 48.1 48.0 46.9 42.3 46.0 43.3 43.2 35.4 35.2Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements 414 419 428 396 399 395 404 354 364 345 355 320 332Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI (%) 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration (yrs) 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000) 47.9 48.8 50.4 46.3 44.9 43.7 46.4 38.5 47.0 39.5 45.3 47.9 50.7Construction agreements 3922 3856 3953 4306 4547 4556 4549 4194 4255 4280 4272 3376 3324Construction AAWI (%) 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.3Construction duration (yrs) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0Construction employees ('000) 99.3 100.6 103.4 111.2 115.0 113.5 112.7 95.4 99.9 94.9 94.5 76.3 74.6Wholesale Trade agreements 540 533 506 467 488 506 501 448 471 458 460 414 425Wholesale Trade AAWI (%) 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6Wholesale Trade duration (yrs) 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9Wholesale Trade employees ('000) 36.9 36.4 34.0 29.3 29.2 33.7 33.2 27.9 29.9 26.9 27.0 25.9 27.5

FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT AT THE END OF THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Retail Trade agreements 274 263 258 238 239 246 233 206 214 201 180 153 156Retail Trade AAWI (%) 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4Retail Trade duration (yrs) 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.4 2.3 2.4Retail Trade employees ('000) 153.5 152.4 128.9 65.2 61.8 60.7 56.8 51.6 52.8 43.8 121.0 105.0 110.2Accommodation and Food Services agreements 436 431 432 419 413 405 388 352 327 296 295 247 235Accommodation and Food Services AAWI (%) 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6Accommodation and Food Services duration (yrs) 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000) 160.4 146.3 145.0 143.9 143.3 139.5 37.6 31.4 24.0 23.5 23.8 20.8 20.0Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements 1269 1245 1233 1172 1191 1171 1140 1028 1036 1026 1020 952 922Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI (%) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration (yrs) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000) 180.8 181.9 181.7 172.3 182.6 151.4 148.0 154.7 154.1 149.8 165.9 161.0 163.9Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements 111 109 102 94 94 99 93 81 73 68 68 59 59Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI (%) 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.2Information, Media, Telecomm duration (yrs) 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000) 46.4 44.8 42.9 41.1 42.2 46.0 45.7 44.8 45.1 42.5 43.1 40.1 7.4Financial and Insurance Services agreements 140 132 131 122 134 134 131 105 109 113 120 104 103Financial and Insurance Services AAWI (%) 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7Financial and Insurance Services duration (yrs) 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000) 134.4 121.8 103.6 101.4 164.3 164.8 169.5 138.2 140.2 141.1 140.2 137.6 102.9Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements 269 281 269 272 278 291 285 258 243 228 225 182 173Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI (%) 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.6Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration (yrs) 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000) 9.0 9.3 7.9 8.0 7.2 7.3 7.2 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.7 7.7 7.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agts 422 408 400 400 410 407 401 364 375 359 358 311 302Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI (%) 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration (yrs) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000) 36.7 35.3 34.0 34.4 30.3 30.5 29.7 31.1 29.8 27.7 28.9 30.6 30.4Administrative and Support Services agreements 565 564 548 542 569 565 566 477 468 454 440 363 345Administrative and Support Services AAWI (%) 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9Administrative and Support Services duration (yrs) 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1Administrative and Support Services employees ('000) 45.6 47.3 44.6 43.5 44.3 45.2 45.4 36.7 36.1 34.2 37.7 30.0 31.3Public Administration and Safety agreements 510 526 552 512 548 566 602 512 524 535 560 506 496Public Administration and Safety AAWI (%) 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4Public Administration and Safety duration (yrs) 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2Public Administration and Safety employees ('000) 160.2 182.6 233.5 220.5 236.5 248.0 258.1 251.3 285.2 289.4 315.2 317.1 302.8



Education agreements 614 578 617 606 632 574 594 564 572 434 496 495 518Education AAWI (%) 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5Education duration (yrs) 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3Education employees ('000) 407.9 407.4 415.1 397.6 299.1 256.4 224.8 248.5 256.7 250.8 267.4 299.8 340.3Health and Community Services agreements 1428 1440 1459 1326 1313 1291 1241 984 958 980 1050 931 956Health and Community Services AAWI (%) 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0Health and Community Services duration (yrs) 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5Health and Community Services employees ('000) 399.6 365.8 325.3 287.9 373.5 370.4 386.5 346.2 345.2 360.1 391.5 381.2 395.2Arts and Recreation Services agreements 148 137 150 137 143 141 141 138 141 136 136 113 119Arts and Recreation Services AAWI (%) 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8Arts and Recreation Services duration (yrs) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000) 42.9 41.4 43.7 36.4 36.3 43.7 38.8 39.1 40.5 40.4 40.3 33.4 34.4Other Services agreements 403 392 381 368 383 381 395 341 328 325 330 296 300Other Services AAWI (%) 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6Other Services duration (yrs) 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8Other Services employees ('000) 46.5 46.6 46.7 42.1 43.3 38.7 39.5 34.0 31.9 30.9 30.5 20.5 23.0All sector agreements 14578 14395 14439 14223 14664 14560 14490 12910 12984 12731 12831 10990 10897All sectors AAWI (%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7All sectors duration (yrs) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 2236.7 2194.8 2163.0 1986.7 2058.6 1993.9 1878.2 1758.0 1810.3 1781.7 1959.7 1893.4 1878.7


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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 138 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements current as at 31 December 2018, covering 12,300 employees. Their average AAWI was 2.6 per cent and their average duration was 3.5 years.

Table 9 - Agreements, by ANZSIC Division, expiring by quarter (December quarter 2018 – December quarter 2021)FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS Dec-18 Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Jun-21 Sep-21 Dec-21

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements 14 7 31 7 4 7 18 6 10 3 5 9 1Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI (%) 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.9 2.2 2.5Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000) 1.6 0.1 3.6 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.4 1.1 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.0Mining agreements 42 21 25 21 26 11 23 24 24 19 25 13 8Mining AAWI (%) 1.9 1.8 1.4 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.5 2.4 1.5 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.7Mining employees ('000) 4.0 2.1 4.9 2.0 2.2 0.8 1.8 3.1 2.2 1.4 5.8 2.1 0.4Manufacturing agreements 196 152 251 159 142 93 189 117 97 43 41 26 21Manufacturing AAWI (%) 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.9Manufacturing employees ('000) 12.3 6.9 16.1 9.8 7.1 6.0 13.0 7.8 7.3 2.2 2.0 1.3 1.5Non-metal manufacturing agreements 123 96 172 113 90 68 123 79 61 21 29 18 9Non-metal manufacturing AAWI (%) 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.0Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000) 7.5 4.8 12.2 7.0 4.5 5.4 8.8 4.9 5.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.4Metal manufacturing agreements 73 56 79 46 52 25 66 38 36 22 12 8 12Metal manufacturing AAWI (%) 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.9Metal manufacturing employees ('000) 4.7 2.1 3.9 2.8 2.5 0.5 4.2 2.9 2.3 1.2 0.8 0.2 1.1Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements 29 30 37 27 23 19 33 18 25 9 14 8 8Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI (%) 3.6 2.4 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.4 2.3 3.0 2.6 2.8 3.5 2.4 2.6Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000) 1.5 1.8 3.5 1.4 4.3 0.7 3.4 5.3 4.0 13.1 3.1 0.4 0.1Construction agreements 499 216 303 479 451 145 200 143 122 161 89 65 94Construction AAWI (%) 6.0 3.9 3.4 4.2 4.2 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.0 2.9Construction employees ('000) 14.1 4.2 6.4 11.1 8.0 3.6 4.3 3.6 2.2 5.2 1.7 1.2 1.5Wholesale Trade agreements 21 32 62 53 41 23 35 28 26 14 13 4 6Wholesale Trade AAWI (%) 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.0 2.3Wholesale Trade employees ('000) 1.2 1.8 3.8 5.7 2.5 1.1 1.7 1.4 1.8 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.3Retail Trade agreements 16 18 23 16 6 15 19 7 7 9 4 4 0Retail Trade AAWI (%) 2.4 2.9 2.2 2.7 2.2 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.7 1.5 *Retail Trade employees ('000) 1.1 0.9 3.2 2.3 0.3 1.3 86.9 0.2 0.7 3.8 0.4 2.5 0.0Accommodation and Food Services agreements 26 19 26 16 22 26 25 23 17 12 14 8 1Accommodation and Food Services AAWI (%) 3.0 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.9 2.9 1.9 1.7 2.4 3.0 *

FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS Dec-18 Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Jun-21 Sep-21 Dec-21

Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000) 2.1 1.9 1.4 0.5 3.1 1.0 1.1 3.9 1.1 0.5 1.3 2.0 0.0

Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements 117 78 119 75 56 34 117 57 60 30 58 9 17Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI (%) 2.8 2.9 3.5 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.7Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000) 6.6 10.8 16.1 5.1 8.4 3.3 29.1 35.0 6.1 2.4 18.9 1.2 0.8Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements 7 5 8 2 6 5 6 3 0 2 2 1 0Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI (%) 2.6 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.0 1.5 * 2.4 3.8 1.9 *Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000) 6.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0Financial and Insurance Services agreements 10 2 22 10 5 2 18 5 7 2 7 1 1Financial and Insurance Services AAWI (%) 3.1 2.0 2.7 2.9 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.2 1.3 * 3.2Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000) 47.4 0.0 18.6 2.6 31.7 1.0 9.3 0.5 3.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements 27 16 28 23 14 16 17 11 1 7 3 2 4Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI (%) 5.3 2.5 3.5 3.2 2.5 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000) 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agreements 31 30 37 28 27 19 41 12 25 10 17 6 3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI (%) 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.3 3.5 3.8 2.4 3.0Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000) 1.6 3.2 2.1 1.5 2.3 0.5 1.7 0.3 7.9 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.1Administrative and Support Services agreements 43 29 47 48 35 25 29 22 18 12 13 5 8Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%) 3.9 3.1 2.5 3.0 3.8 3.2 2.3 3.3 2.6 3.7 2.5 1.8 1.8Administrative and Support Services employees ('000) 2.9 2.2 4.7 2.4 1.4 3.4 2.2 1.9 4.4 1.7 1.0 0.2 0.4Public Administration and Safety agreements 48 48 83 20 59 24 79 27 24 12 19 11 9Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%) 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.4 3.0 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.5 3.0Public Administration and Safety employees ('000) 14.9 25.3 36.9 5.7 71.3 9.4 18.3 49.5 36.7 2.0 12.3 15.8 0.7Education agreements 83 31 28 25 67 14 30 22 69 34 31 2 9Education AAWI(%) 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.1 2.9 2.4 2.8 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.9Education employees ('000) 6.4 2.7 31.2 8.3 12.1 11.6 3.1 7.2 6.8 26.6 140.4 0.1 0.6Health and Community Services agreements 80 51 129 65 59 63 243 51 36 19 46 13 7Health and Community Services AAWI(%) 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.3 3.3 2.4 3.5 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.0

FOR ALL CURRENT AGREEMENTS Dec-18 Mar-19 Jun-19 Sep-19 Dec-19 Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Jun-21 Sep-21 Dec-21

Health and Community Services employees ('000) 16.2 17.1 51.8 12.3 8.9 64.1 81.8 47.2 12.8 9.5 17.2 5.9 3.8

Arts and Recreation Services agreements 22 3 15 11 12 9 14 7 2 3 3 0 4Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%) 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.7 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.0 * 3.4Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000) 2.2 0.1 3.3 13.3 1.9 0.9 4.7 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.4 0.0 1.8Other Services agreements 29 31 52 30 36 17 26 14 12 11 16 2 6Other Services AAWI(%) 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.1 3.0 2.6 2.1 3.0 * 2.3Other Services employees ('000) 2.4 2.2 5.5 1.4 1.4 0.9 3.0 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.1All sector agreements 1340 819 1326 1115 1091 567 1162 597 582 412 420 189 207All sectors AAWI(%) 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4All sectors employees ('000) 145.4 84.2 214.6 86.6 169.4 111.2 268.6 171.4 99.1 71.6 209.8 36.8 12.5



How to read: One Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements, covering no employees, has an expiry date in the December quarter 2021. The average AAWI is 2.5 per cent.

Table 10 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by state (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


ACT agreements 12 16 20 14 17 13 6 16 10 11 18 5 9ACT AAWI(%) 2.8 2.7 2.2 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.9 3.2ACT duration 2.5 2.2 2.8 1.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.5 3.3 2.7 3.2 3.4 2.4ACT employees ('000) 0.5 5.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.8 0.2 0.9NSW agreements 244 183 216 195 215 175 165 150 264 287 263 197 176NSW AAWI(%) 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.5NSW duration 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.8NSW employees ('000) 21.9 15.3 11.5 16.0 19.6 35.5 21.0 19.3 15.2 31.3 67.2 9.9 27.8NT agreements 20 14 12 16 15 10 11 9 10 6 22 9 7NT AAWI(%) 3.0 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 3.7 2.5 1.3 2.3 2.5 2.4 3.1NT duration 2.4 3.2 2.6 1.9 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.9 2.5NT employees ('000) 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.5 0.4 12.3 3.6 0.7Qld agreements 209 167 190 192 132 151 111 91 137 113 133 95 96Qld AAWI(%) 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5Qld duration 2.4 2.8 2.6 3.5 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.0Qld employees ('000) 20.6 15.5 13.4 34.1 8.8 17.4 13.3 12.1 13.2 14.9 13.2 7.9 18.7SA agreements 67 70 58 72 61 54 53 34 59 68 60 40 49SA AAWI(%) 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.8SA duration 1.9 2.5 1.8 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.3 3.4SA employees ('000) 4.6 3.7 4.6 5.6 3.8 6.6 2.8 10.0 6.6 12.0 5.7 5.7 3.8Tas agreements 35 20 35 28 35 26 14 11 22 28 43 30 26Tas AAWI(%) 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.7 1.5 2.9 2.8 4.0 3.1 2.8Tas duration 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.5 3.2Tas employees ('000) 3.3 1.1 2.3 1.7 3.6 1.9 1.5 0.6 1.0 2.4 3.9 3.6 2.5

FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Vic agreements 304 234 287 852 552 294 274 206 318 250 340 280 326Vic AAWI(%) 3.6 3.0 3.2 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.2 4.1 3.2Vic duration 2.3 3.2 3.6 2.6 4.3 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.7Vic employees ('000) 40.6 33.8 58.7 30.5 129.0 30.6 43.7 88.4 30.6 26.0 35.3 35.8 46.6WA agreements 143 115 97 89 103 103 73 59 92 84 87 75 55WA AAWI(%) 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.1WA duration 2.7 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.2WA employees ('000) 10.5 8.3 8.3 9.2 12.7 10.2 5.1 9.1 15.5 11.3 19.6 5.8 4.4Multi-state agreements 241 184 235 228 226 143 137 103 136 110 144 142 180Multi-state AAWI(%) 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.9Multi-state duration 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.0 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.2 2.1 3.0Multi-state employees ('000) 120.7 29.4 54.0 46.1 67.3 47.7 25.1 94.5 65.4 26.2 111.9 60.4 33.0Other agreements 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0Other AAWI(%) * 2.1 * * * * 1.8 * * * 2.5 * *Other duration 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0Other employees ('000) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0All sector agreements 1275 1004 1150 1686 1356 969 846 679 1048 957 1111 873 924All sectors AAWI(%) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8All sectors duration 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 224.5 113.6 154.8 145.0 246.2 151.8 114.2 236.2 149.9 126.3 271.0 132.8 138.4


Notes:1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal enterprise agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage

agreements.3. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. Figures for State and Territory agreements are based on intra-State agreements only.5. Multiple State agreements are those covering more than one State and include Australia-wide agreements.6. Other includes agreements operating in Australian external territories and agreements where the State/Territory status has not been identified.7. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: Nine agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 operate solely in the ACT. These agreements cover 900 employees, their average AAWI is 3.2 per cent, and their average duration is 2.4 years.

Table 11 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by state (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT AT THE END OF THE NOMINATED QUARTER


ACT agreements 298 229 202 185 188 190 190 135 134 128 143 135 134ACT AAWI(%) 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3ACT duration 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.0ACT employees ('000) 40.2 43.3 43.4 37.3 37.7 37.6 38.5 16.0 16.6 17.7 16.5 16.5 12.6NSW agreements 2687 2661 2675 2569 2603 2574 2591 2069 2129 2194 2293 2236 2260NSW AAWI(%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7NSW duration 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9NSW employees ('000) 279.9 277.9 281.4 269.2 274.6 267.4 258.4 213.7 201.9 208.9 259.9 248.3 263.1NT agreements 387 379 375 342 331 297 279 254 230 209 211 192 154NT AAWI(%) 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5NT duration 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.8NT employees ('000) 23.1 23.9 24.7 23.6 23.7 21.4 21.2 16.2 12.2 10.7 22.0 23.9 23.1Qld agreements 2473 2327 2326 2193 2175 2115 2078 1913 1883 1743 1746 1610 1565Qld AAWI(%) 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5Qld duration 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2Qld employees ('000) 252.7 236.8 239.3 229.8 224.1 216.9 209.3 192.0 196.0 190.8 193.5 163.2 170.3SA agreements 891 878 876 820 814 789 803 709 705 701 710 600 592SA AAWI(%) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6SA duration 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1SA employees ('000) 66.2 65.6 65.6 61.9 62.6 64.2 58.1 56.2 58.7 66.5 64.0 61.2 61.9Tas agreements 351 339 361 327 339 327 326 273 278 268 299 269 276Tas AAWI(%) 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.0Tas duration 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8Tas employees ('000) 30.4 29.7 31.1 27.2 29.6 28.1 29.0 22.0 21.7 21.4 23.6 21.0 22.2Vic agreements 3247 3172 3174 3513 3879 3981 3984 3658 3765 3768 3880 2670 2742Vic AAWI(%) 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2Vic duration 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7Vic employees ('000) 586.5 558.3 540.2 512.1 513.4 510.1 517.7 524.1 532.1 527.5 544.0 522.3 554.8WA agreements 2224 2186 2167 2006 1989 1940 1855 1589 1521 1406 1344 1175 1077WA AAWI(%) 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1WA duration 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1



WA employees ('000) 170.0 169.4 167.2 153.9 146.5 146.3 140.6 122.8 128.1 123.0 128.4 116.8 109.8

Multi-state agreements 2019 2222 2281 2266 2344 2345 2381 2307 2336 2311 2201 2099 2093Multi-state AAWI(%) 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3Multi-state duration 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9Multi-state employees ('000) 787.2 789.3 769.6 671.0 745.8 701.3 605.3 594.9 642.8 615.1 707.5 719.9 660.4Other agreements 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4Other AAWI(%) * 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.3Other duration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.5Other employees ('000) 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3All sector agreements 14578 14395 14439 14223 14664 14560 14490 12910 12984 12731 12831 10990 10897All sectors AAWI(%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7All sectors duration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 2236.7 2194.8 2163.0 1986.7 2058.6 1993.9 1878.2 1758.0 1810.3 1781.7 1959.7 1893.4 1878.7


Notes:1. AAWI = Average Annualised Wage Increase per employee.2. Agreement and employee estimates are for all federal enterprise agreements in the period, while estimates of AAWI per employee are based on quantifiable wage

agreements.3. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. Figures for State and Territory agreements are based on intra-State agreements only.5. Multiple State agreements are those covering more than one State and include Australia-wide agreements.6. Other includes agreements operating in Australian external territories and agreements where the State/Territory status has not been identified.7. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 134 agreements current as at 31 December 2018 operate solely in the ACT. These agreements cover 12,600 employees, their AAWI is 2.3 per cent, and their average duration is 3.0 years.

Table 12 - Agreements approved in the quarter – non-quantifiable wage increases, by reason (December quarter 2017 – December quarter 2018)

Linked to minimum wageAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 36 40 16 29Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 4.6 87.7 0.4 5.8Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 1Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 1 2 0 1Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.2Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Sub-total agreements 37 42 16 31Sub-total employees (‘000) 4.6 88.1 0.4 8.0

Linked to CPIAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 24 15 24 16Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 1.4 3.3 1.0 1.0Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 1Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Sub-total agreements 24 15 24 17Sub-total employees (‘000) 1.4 3.3 1.0 1.1

Inconsistent IncreaseAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 45 49 47 47Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 8.6 9.5 33.4 4.1Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 1 3 1 3Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 2 0 0 2Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 1.1 0.0 0.0 3.3Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Sub-total agreements 48 52 48 52

Agreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Sub-total employees (‘000) 9.9 9.6 33.4 7.5

Performance LinkedAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 2 3 1 0Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Sub-total agreements 2 3 1 0Sub-total employees (‘000) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0

Other ReasonAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 102 131 81 83Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 28.5 16.0 5.8 5.0Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 2 3 1Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 1 1 0 0Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.0Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Sub-total agreements 103 134 84 84Sub-total employees (‘000) 28.6 18.6 6.0 5.1

TotalsAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Total non-quantifiable agreements 214 246 173 184Total employees covered by non-quantifiable agreements 44.6 119.7 40.8 21.7

Quantifiable agreementsAgreement Type Mar-18 Jun-18 Sep-18 Dec-18Single-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 720 828 656 711Single-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 79.5 149.2 85.4 107.9Single-enterprise greenfields agreements 20 37 39 26Single-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 1.5 2.0 1.9 0.6Multi-enterprise non-greenfields agreements 3 0 5 3Multi-enterprise non-greenfields employees (‘000) 0.7 0.0 4.7 8.3Multi-enterprise greenfields agreements 0 0 0 0Multi-enterprise greenfields employees (‘000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Total quantifiable agreements 743 865 700 740Total employees covered by quantifiable agreements (‘000) 81.6 151.2 92.1 116.7

Source: Workplace Agreements Database, Department of Jobs and Small Business

Notes: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.2. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 29 single enterprise non-greenfields agreements approved in the December quarter 2018 had non-quantifiable AAWIs because wage increases were linked to minimum wage movements. These agreements cover 5,800 employees.

Table 13 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by union coverage (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Agreements (union covered) 884 666 799 1314 1028 686 595 497 789 737 852 684 726AAWI (%)(union covered) 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8Duration (yrs) (union covered) 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 3.2Employees ('000) (union covered) 208.5 102.3 143.0 132.5 238.3 144.4 106.7 227.4 141.3 120.0 263.9 127.2 131.8Agreements (no union covered) 391 338 351 372 328 283 251 182 259 220 259 189 198AAWI (%)(no union covered) 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.5Duration (yrs) (no union covered) 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4Employees ('000) (no union covered) 16.0 11.3 11.9 12.5 8.0 7.5 7.5 8.8 8.6 6.3 7.1 5.6 6.6All agreements 1275 1004 1150 1686 1356 969 846 679 1048 957 1111 873 924Overall AAWI (%) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8Overall duration (yrs) 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.2All employees ('000) 224.5 113.6 154.8 145.0 246.2 151.8 114.2 236.2 149.9 126.3 271.0 132.8 138.4


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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 726 agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 131,800 employees, covered a union. Their average AAWI was 2.8 per cent and their average duration was 3.2 years.

Table 14 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by union coverage (December quarter 2015 – December quarter 2018)FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT AT THE END OF THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Agreements (union covered) 9024 8882 8938 8895 9391 9373 9388 8151 8347 8249 8459 6952 7073AAWI (%)(union covered) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7Duration (yrs) (union covered) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2Employees ('000) (union covered) 2029.2 1984.3 1952.0 1786.4 1864.4 1802.5 1694.1 1583.9 1640.8 1619.6 1802.9 1765.6 1757.3Agreements (no union covered) 5554 5513 5501 5328 5273 5187 5102 4759 4637 4482 4372 4038 3824AAWI (%)(no union covered) 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5Duration (yrs) (no union covered) 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6Employees ('000) (no union covered) 207.5 210.5 211.0 200.3 194.3 191.4 184.1 174.2 169.5 162.1 156.8 127.8 121.4All agreements 14578 14395 14439 14223 14664 14560 14490 12910 12984 12731 12831 10990 10897Overall AAWI (%) 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7Overall duration (yrs) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2All employees ('000) 2236.7 2194.8 2163.0 1986.7 2058.6 1993.9 1878.2 1758.0 1810.3 1781.7 1959.7 1893.4 1878.7


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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. Under the Fair Work Act 2009, a union can be covered by an agreement even if it was not involved in the bargaining process. This data does not distinguish between

coverage and bargaining presence.

5. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: 7,073 agreements current as at 31 December 2018, covering 1,757,300 employees, covered a union. Their average AAWI was 2.7 per cent and their average duration was 3.2 years.

Table 15 - Agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, covering 2,000 employees or moreAgreement ID

Title Employees AAWI ANZSIC States

AE500673 RMIT University Enterprise Agreement 2018 8,092 2.6 Education and Training Vic

AE500582 Disability Services Enterprise Agreement Victoria 2018-2022 6,519 3.7 Health Care and Social Assistance

Vic

AE500437 Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018 6,185 3.6 Education and Training Vic

AE501139 University of Technology Sydney Professional Staff Agreement 2018 5,038 2.3 Education and Training NSW

AE501224 University of Tasmania Staff Agreement 2017 - 2021 4,752 2.1 Education and Training NSW, Tas, Vic, WA

AE501188 University of Technology Sydney Academic Staff Agreement 2018 4,198 2.2 Education and Training NSW

AE501122 Australian Catholic University Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017-2021 3,736 2.7 Education and Training ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic

AE500693 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT STAFFENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017 - 2021 3,406 2.3 Education and Training Qld

AE500957 Best & Less Enterprise Agreement 2,932 * Retail Trade Aus

AE501228 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL STAFF ENTERPRISEAGREEMENT 2018 2,784 2.2 Education and Training NSW

AE501211 The Queensland Anglican Schools Enterprise Agreement 2018 2,435 * Other Services Qld

AE500405 Macquarie University Academic Staff Enterprise Agreement 2018 2,303 2.1 Education and Training NSW

AE500395 Bupa Australia Enterprise Agreement 2017 2,249 3.1 Financial and Insurance Services

Aus

AE500447 Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017

2,166 * Health Care and Social Assistance

Vic

AE501171 Qantas Airways Limited and Qcatering Limited - Transport Workers Agreement 2018 2,054 3.0 Transport, Postal and Warehousing

Aus


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. * Where asterisk occurs, there are no quantifiable agreements in this quarter so no AAWI is calculable.4. All estimates are rounded and are subject to revision. Revisions have been made to historical series.

How to read: The largest agreement approved in the December quarter 2018 is the RMIT University Enterprise Agreement 2018. It operates in Victoria, and is in the Education and Training ANZSIC. It covers 8,092 employees, and its AAWI is 2.6 per cent.

Table 16 - Agreements approved in the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, December quarter 2018FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER, BY ANZSIC DIVISION

ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA Multi-state

Other Total

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 12Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%) * 2.0 * 2.0 * 2.6 2.8 2.1 3.6 * 2.4Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration 0.0 4.0 0.0 3.7 0.0 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.4 0.0 3.6Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.2Mining agreements 0 11 0 6 0 0 1 3 4 0 25Mining AAWI(%) * 2.7 * 2.6 * * * 2.5 2.6 * 2.7Mining duration 0.0 3.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.3 2.1 0.0 2.8Mining employees ('000) 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.1Manufacturing agreements 1 35 1 20 10 2 63 1 15 0 148Manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.4 2.7 1.4 3.5 2.5 3.1 2.5 * 2.9 * 2.8Manufacturing duration 3.0 2.9 4.3 2.4 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.5 2.8 0.0 2.9Manufacturing employees ('000) 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.1 0.3 0.1 6.1 0.0 2.0 0.0 12.6Non-metal manufacturing agreements 1 24 0 13 9 2 38 0 7 0 94Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.4 2.6 * 3.7 2.4 3.1 2.5 * 3.7 * 2.9Non-metal manufacturing duration 3.0 2.9 0.0 1.8 2.8 2.6 3.1 0.0 3.0 0.0 2.8Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000) 0.0 1.6 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.1 4.3 0.0 0.9 0.0 8.6Metal manufacturing agreements 0 11 1 7 1 0 25 1 8 0 54Metal manufacturing AAWI(%) * 3.0 1.4 2.8 3.2 * 2.6 * 2.2 * 2.6Metal manufacturing duration 0.0 2.6 4.3 3.5 3.0 0.0 3.2 3.5 2.7 0.0 3.1Metal manufacturing employees ('000) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements 1 7 1 7 1 4 8 2 2 0 33Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%) 3.9 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.8 3.8 2.0 2.7 * 2.8Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration 3.0 3.2 3.4 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.8 0.0 2.8Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000) 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 3.8Construction agreements 1 55 0 12 4 2 140 15 94 0 323Construction AAWI(%) 2.1 4.9 * 1.9 2.8 2.8 5.9 2.5 7.4 * 6.0Construction duration 2.9 1.9 0.0 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.3 3.5 2.3 0.0 2.3Construction employees ('000) 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.4 0.3 2.2 0.0 6.6Wholesale Trade agreements 1 6 1 2 2 0 13 2 5 0 32Wholesale Trade AAWI(%) 2.9 2.3 * 2.0 3.1 * 3.0 2.4 2.7 * 2.4Wholesale Trade duration 4.0 2.4 1.4 3.9 2.6 0.0 2.7 3.3 3.1 0.0 3.3Wholesale Trade employees ('000) 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.0 2.3

FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER, BY ANZSIC DIVISION


Other Total

Retail Trade agreements 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 0 15Retail Trade AAWI(%) * 3.5 * * 2.8 * 3.0 3.4 * * 3.3Retail Trade duration 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 3.3 4.0 3.3 0.0 3.4Retail Trade employees ('000) 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.7 0.0 6.2Accommodation and Food Services agreements 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 3 0 14Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%) * 2.4 * * * * 3.1 * 2.2 * 2.7Accommodation and Food Services duration 0.0 3.5 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.0 3.8 0.0 3.6Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.3Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements 0 8 1 8 7 1 10 4 16 0 55Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%) * 2.6 8.1 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.8 2.8 2.6 * 2.7Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration 0.0 2.3 1.9 2.8 3.9 4.4 2.6 2.8 3.1 0.0 3.1Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000) 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 4.6 0.0 7.6Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 7Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%) * 3.1 * * * 2.0 1.9 * 2.0 * 2.1Information, Media, Telecomm duration 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.3 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.1Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000) 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.8Financial and Insurance Services agreements 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 9Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%) * * * * 2.3 * 3.0 1.3 3.0 * 2.6Financial and Insurance Services duration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.0 3.0 3.4 2.8 0.0 2.9Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 3.0 0.0 4.2Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 18Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%) * 5.8 * * 3.0 * * * 9.6 * 6.5Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.6 0.0 1.9Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000) 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agreements 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 2 5 0 16Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%) * * * * 1.8 * 3.2 2.0 2.4 * 2.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration 0.0 2.5 4.0 2.6 3.6 0.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 0.0 2.9Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.0 1.6Administrative and Support Services agreements 1 1 0 2 1 0 7 1 5 0 18Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%) * 2.5 * 2.0 3.2 * 3.8 2.5 2.8 * 2.9Administrative and Support Services duration 0.7 3.0 0.0 2.9 1.9 0.0 2.9 3.0 2.0 0.0 2.1Administrative and Support Services employees ('000) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.7

Public Administration and Safety agreements 3 1 2 2 1 3 8 8 7 0 35

FOR AGREEMENTS APPROVED IN THE NOMINATED QUARTER, BY ANZSIC DIVISION


Other Total

Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%) 2.0 2.5 2.9 2.1 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.3 * 2.3Public Administration and Safety duration 3.0 2.0 2.5 2.9 4.0 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.9 0.0 2.8Public Administration and Safety employees ('000) 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.1 0.6 2.2 0.0 6.4Education agreements 0 16 0 15 4 4 7 2 2 0 50Education AAWI(%) * 2.3 * 2.3 2.1 2.9 3.1 1.5 2.4 * 2.6Education duration 0.0 3.0 0.0 4.0 2.4 2.8 3.5 2.5 3.6 0.0 3.4Education employees ('000) 0.0 16.4 0.0 3.8 0.1 0.3 15.8 0.3 8.5 0.0 45.1Health and Community Services agreements 1 16 0 10 5 6 40 6 1 0 85Health and Community Services AAWI(%) 4.5 2.3 * 2.6 2.8 3.5 3.3 2.0 2.5 * 2.9Health and Community Services duration 2.0 2.3 0.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 4.6 2.8 3.0 0.0 3.7Health and Community Services employees ('000) 0.3 4.4 0.0 5.8 0.2 0.4 16.1 0.7 0.2 0.0 28.1Arts and Recreation Services agreements 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 9Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%) * * * 2.3 1.8 2.0 3.1 * * * 2.2Arts and Recreation Services duration 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3Other Services agreements 0 4 0 2 4 0 6 1 3 0 20Other Services AAWI(%) * 2.4 * 2.3 2.1 * 3.3 1.5 3.2 * 2.6Other Services duration 0.0 2.4 0.0 2.5 1.3 0.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 0.0 2.5Other Services employees ('000) 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.1All sector agreements 9 176 7 96 49 26 326 55 180 0 924All sectors AAWI(%) 3.2 2.5 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.1 2.9 * 2.7All sectors duration 2.4 2.8 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.2 3.0 0.0 2.7All sectors employees ('000) 0.9 27.8 0.7 18.7 3.8 2.5 46.6 4.4 33.0 0.0 138.4



How to read: Of the twelve Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements approved in the December quarter 2018, one operates in NSW. This agreement covers no employees, the average AAWI is 2.0 per cent, and their average duration is 4.0 years.

Table 17 - Agreements current on the last day of the quarter, by state and ANZSIC Division, December quarter 2018FOR AGREEMENTS CURRENT AT THE END OF THE NOMINATED QUARTER


Other Total

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements 0 34 3 28 11 16 20 15 11 0 138Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing AAWI(%) * 2.7 2.0 2.5 2.1 3.1 2.7 2.2 2.5 * 2.6Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing duration 0.0 3.3 3.7 4.2 3.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.7 0.0 3.5Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing employees ('000) 0.0 3.8 0.0 2.5 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.8 0.0 12.3Mining agreements 1 86 1 72 11 4 14 49 68 1 307Mining AAWI(%) * 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.1Mining duration 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 4.0 2.2 3.7 3.7 3.6 2.9 3.3Mining employees ('000) 0.0 10.8 0.2 11.1 1.2 0.6 0.8 4.2 6.2 0.1 35.3Manufacturing agreements 5 393 10 278 113 53 600 104 131 0 1687Manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.2 2.6 3.4 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.7 1.8 2.7 * 2.6Manufacturing duration 2.8 2.8 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.2 0.0 3.0Manufacturing employees ('000) 0.1 22.2 0.3 18.7 9.5 2.9 35.9 5.4 13.9 0.0 109.1Non-metal manufacturing agreements 4 276 6 191 83 41 390 61 59 0 1111Non-metal manufacturing AAWI(%) 2.2 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 1.7 3.0 * 2.5Non-metal manufacturing duration 2.7 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 3.0Non-metal manufacturing employees ('000) 0.1 16.3 0.2 14.6 6.0 2.3 23.7 2.8 7.9 0.0 73.9Metal manufacturing agreements 1 117 4 87 30 12 210 43 72 0 576Metal manufacturing AAWI(%) * 2.5 4.2 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.0 2.5 * 2.6Metal manufacturing duration 3.3 2.8 3.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 2.9 0.0 3.0Metal manufacturing employees ('000) 0.0 6.0 0.1 4.1 3.5 0.6 12.2 2.6 6.0 0.0 35.2Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services agreements 6 94 2 56 16 7 87 42 22 0 332Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services AAWI(%) 2.9 2.4 1.9 2.9 3.0 2.7 3.5 2.0 3.1 * 2.9Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services duration 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.0 0.0 3.0Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste Services emps ('000) 1.1 14.7 0.0 4.1 4.4 1.8 7.8 7.2 9.6 0.0 50.7Construction agreements 35 587 41 392 112 32 843 312 970 0 3324Construction AAWI(%) 3.2 5.4 4.0 3.4 2.9 4.5 3.9 2.4 4.8 * 4.3Construction duration 3.4 2.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 2.5 3.2 3.4 3.2 0.0 3.0Construction employees ('000) 0.6 16.0 1.0 9.3 2.8 0.8 17.5 6.1 20.5 0.0 74.6Wholesale Trade agreements 5 100 7 48 26 19 114 39 67 0 425Wholesale Trade AAWI(%) 2.4 2.8 1.8 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.1 2.3 * 2.6Wholesale Trade duration 3.0 2.7 2.5 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.6 3.0 0.0 2.9Wholesale Trade employees ('000) 0.1 5.0 0.1 3.3 1.5 1.0 5.5 1.8 9.0 0.0 27.5



Other Total

Retail Trade agreements 1 16 3 24 16 1 34 28 33 0 156Retail Trade AAWI(%) * 3.1 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.5 3.1 2.7 1.4 * 2.4Retail Trade duration 4.0 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.4 2.2 0.0 2.4Retail Trade employees ('000) 0.0 2.5 0.1 2.2 2.5 0.0 2.5 2.3 98.2 0.0 110.2Accommodation and Food Services agreements 4 61 3 52 8 1 45 23 38 0 235Accommodation and Food Services AAWI(%) * 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.0 * 2.9 1.9 2.0 * 2.6Accommodation and Food Services duration 2.7 3.4 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.9 0.0 3.6Accommodation and Food Services emps ('000) 0.6 6.6 0.4 1.9 0.2 0.0 2.1 2.5 5.7 0.0 20.0Transport, Postal, Warehousing agreements 3 199 20 141 56 17 160 131 195 0 922Transport, Postal, Warehousing AAWI(%) 1.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.5 2.2 2.3 * 2.5Transport, Postal, Warehousing duration 4.0 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.0 0.0 3.1Transport, Postal, Warehousing employees ('000) 0.6 24.0 1.2 14.1 4.3 0.9 16.8 6.9 95.1 0.0 163.9Information, Media, Telecomm. agreements 1 9 0 4 1 2 19 2 21 0 59Information, Media, Telecomm AAWI(%) 2.0 2.8 * 2.4 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.0 * 2.2Information, Media, Telecomm duration 3.7 1.7 0.0 3.2 4.5 3.1 3.2 3.5 2.8 0.0 2.8Information, Media, Telecomm employees ('000) 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.2 4.5 0.0 7.4Financial and Insurance Services agreements 0 14 2 3 5 3 18 12 46 0 103Financial and Insurance Services AAWI(%) * 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.3 3.1 1.2 2.9 * 2.7Financial and Insurance Services duration 0.0 2.7 2.4 2.4 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 0.0 3.0Financial and Insurance Services employees ('000) 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 2.0 2.8 95.9 0.0 102.9Rental, Hiring, Real Estate agreements 2 34 2 21 6 6 43 19 40 0 173Rental, Hiring, Real Estate AAWI(%) 1.8 3.4 4.9 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.0 2.2 * 2.6Rental, Hiring, Real Estate duration 3.9 2.1 4.0 3.6 3.5 2.6 3.5 3.6 3.3 0.0 3.1Rental, Hiring, Real Estate employees ('000) 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.4 3.4 0.0 7.3Professional, Scientific, Technical Services agreements 4 44 6 32 10 7 75 32 92 0 302Professional, Scientific, Technical Services AAWI(%) 2.3 3.1 3.9 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.1 2.3 2.3 * 2.5Professional, Scientific, Technical Services duration 3.4 3.0 3.9 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.3 0.0 3.2Professional, Scientific, Technical Services emps ('000) 0.0 1.7 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 4.8 2.1 19.1 0.0 30.4Administrative and Support Services agreements 3 62 3 31 9 4 78 40 115 0 345Administrative and Support Services AAWI(%) * 3.3 2.2 2.8 2.4 2.9 3.4 2.2 2.6 * 2.9Administrative and Support Services duration 2.1 3.4 4.0 3.2 3.8 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 0.0 3.1Administrative and Support Services employees ('000) 0.2 3.0 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.4 4.6 2.8 17.8 0.0 31.3

Public Administration and Safety agreements 24 41 19 42 7 28 136 90 107 2 496



Other Total

Public Administration and Safety AAWI(%) 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.4Public Administration and Safety duration 3.0 2.9 3.8 2.6 4.0 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.1 3.2Public Administration and Safety employees ('000) 3.7 8.8 17.4 3.1 0.4 3.3 104.1 14.1 147.8 0.2 302.8Education agreements 6 149 6 157 30 18 100 29 23 0 518Education AAWI(%) 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.9 1.8 2.5 * 2.5Education duration 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.8 2.8 2.6 3.6 3.4 2.5 0.0 3.3Education employees ('000) 0.9 62.3 0.4 47.4 17.2 1.5 122.0 22.4 66.3 0.0 340.3Health and Community Services agreements 19 255 19 121 121 46 245 78 52 0 956Health and Community Services AAWI(%) 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.5 3.4 3.5 2.0 2.5 * 3.0Health and Community Services duration 2.7 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.1 2.5 4.2 2.8 2.9 0.0 3.5Health and Community Services employees ('000) 3.2 71.6 1.4 33.5 13.8 6.2 205.2 21.2 39.2 0.0 395.2Arts and Recreation Services agreements 7 24 0 14 8 2 46 5 13 0 119Arts and Recreation Services AAWI(%) 2.0 2.7 * 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.3 2.2 2.2 * 2.8Arts and Recreation Services duration 3.0 2.6 0.0 3.4 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.7 0.0 3.2Arts and Recreation Services employees ('000) 1.0 3.6 0.0 6.3 1.1 0.3 15.2 4.6 2.3 0.0 34.4Other Services agreements 8 58 7 49 26 10 65 27 49 1 300Other Services AAWI(%) 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.6 3.1 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.6Other Services duration 3.6 2.7 3.3 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.8 4.6 2.8Other Services employees ('000) 0.2 3.0 0.2 7.7 1.1 0.5 4.2 2.0 4.1 0.0 23.0All sector agreements 134 2260 154 1565 592 276 2742 1077 2093 4 10897All sectors AAWI(%) 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.2 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.7All sectors duration 3.0 2.9 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.5 3.2All sectors employees ('000) 12.6 263.1 23.1 170.3 61.9 22.2 554.8 109.8 660.4 0.3 1878.7



How to read: Of the 138 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing agreements current as at 31 December 2018, 34 operate in NSW. These agreements cover 3,800 employees, their average AAWI is 2.7 per cent and their average duration is 3.3 years.

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining - Technical Notes

The Workplace Agreements DatabaseData presented in the Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining report (Trends) are drawn from the Workplace Agreements Database (WAD), which is maintained by the Workplace Relations Policy Group of the Department of Jobs and Small Business. 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 Jobs and Small Business. The WAD covers general details (such as sector, ANZSIC, duration, employees covered), wage details (quantum and timing of increases) and a range of Jobs and Small Business conditions.

Agreements included in the WADThe 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 (WR Act), those that have been certified by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission or approved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC).

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 dataAbout one third of all employees in the Australian labour market (as measured by the ABS 2016 Employee Earnings and Hours survey) are covered by federal enterprise agreements. The table below shows the growth in coverage by federally registered agreements.

Technical Notes Table - Instrument providing rate of pay for all employees, 2010-2016

Instrument providing rate of pay 2010 (%) 2012(%) 2014(%) 2016(%)

Award 15.2 16.1 18.8 23.9

Collective Agreement (Federally Registered) 31.5 32.0 32.6 30.2

Collective Agreement (State Registered) 11.9 9.8 8.6 6.2

Collective Agreement (Unregistered) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Individual Agreement such as common law contracts or over-award payments (Registered and unregistered)

37.3 38.7 36.4 36.2

Owner/managers of incorporated enterprises 4.1 3.3 3.4 3.5

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics Employee Earnings and Hours, Cat. No. 6306.0 (May 2012, May 2014, May 2016, May 2018), unpublished data – all employees. Please note that this is not intended to be analysed as a time series.

Note: This table has been revised to include managerial-level employees. This accounts for all differences between this table and tables published in previous Trends reports.

Presentation of Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining dataA typical row of data in Trends appears as follows:

Field DescriptionAll Industries Total number of agreements for a given quarterAAWI (%) Average Annualised Wage Increase for the quarterDuration (yrs) Average formal duration per employee for the quarterEmployees ('000) 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 fourth row. A more detailed explanation of why this is the case is provided below under Average annualised wage increases.

Employee coverageInformation on the number of employees covered by an agreement is drawn from the information provided to FWC (Fair Work Commission), the Workplace Authority or the AIRC (Australian Industrial Relations Commission) 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 AAWI 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 increasesEstimates 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 examine only increases to the base rate of pay, and do 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 (Wages Price Index): http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/6345.0 For agreements with quantifiable wage increases, the average annualised wage increase (AAWI) per agreement is calculated using the following formula:

100×{[∏i=1N

(1+r i)]1d−1}

ri = % increases of the ith time*N = the number of increases over the life of the agreementd = 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

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/6302.0

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 approved and have commenced, but have neither been terminated nor nominally expired at a given point in time. An agreement is deemed to be current on its nominal expiry 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.

Union CoverageCare should be taken when analysing data in tables 13 and 14, in 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 imperative under the Fair Work Act 2009 for agreements (other than greenfields agreements) to be made with a union.

Non-quantifiable wage increasesWage 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 DefinitionInconsistent Increase Percentage wage increases vary between

classifications in the agreement.Performance Linked Wage increases are awarded only if certain

productivity improvements are made, or if wage increases are dependent upon individual or company performance.

Linked to CPI Wage increases in the agreement are linked to future CPI movements, and cannot be quantified at the time of calculating the AAWIs in this report.

Reason DefinitionLinked to Minimum Wages Wage increases in the agreement are linked to

future minimum wage or award wage increase decisions, and cannot be quantified at the time of calculating the AAWIs in this report.

Other Reason Wage increases cannot be quantified due to a reason not elsewhere classified.

Types of Enterprise AgreementsTrends 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 enterprise agreements available under the legislation included in this report.

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, under section 172 of the Fair Work Act 2009the primary division between types of agreements is whether they cover a single or multiple enterprises. The secondary division under the Act is whether or not the agreement is a greenfields agreement, that is, it is made to cover a genuine new enterprise or an undertaking for which no persons have yet been employed who will be covered by the agreement.

Recent methodological changeThe definition of ‘current’ agreements has changed from “those agreements that have been certified but have neither been terminated nor expired at a given point in time” to “those agreements that have commenced operating, but have neither been terminated nor expired at a given point in time”. As a result of this change, there have been small revisions to historical data.

There have been small revisions to historical data.

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