Submission 167 Australian Council of Trade Unions Workplace Relations Framework Public inquiry

Source: ABS. 6306.0 - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2014 

Table shows that the prevalence of individual agreements in the Professional, scientific and technical services is significantly higher (15%) than in any other industry.

Table : Method of Setting Pay by Occupation
	Award only		Collective agreement		Individual arrangement		Owner manager of incorporated enterprise		All methods of setting pay
	(000's)	(%)	(000's)	(%)	(000's)	(%)	(000's)	(%)	(000's)	(%)
Mining	1.3	0.1%	56.8	1.4%	110.1	3.0%	0.9	0.3%	169.1	1.7%
Manufacturing	109.9	5.9%	230.4	5.7%	335.0	9.2%	23.3	6.8%	698.6	7.1%
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	7.9	0.4%	69.3	1.7%	34.8	1.0%	2.1	0.6%	114.1	1.2%
Construction	93.8	5.0%	179.7	4.4%	338.0	9.3%	74.2	21.8%	685.7	6.9%
Wholesale trade	53.2	2.9%	52.0	1.3%	317.3	8.7%	23.1	6.8%	445.5	4.5%
Retail trade	320.3	17.2%	469.5	11.5%	307.3	8.5%	25.2	7.4%	1,122.3	11.3%
Accommodation and food services	316.9	17.0%	236.9	5.8%	166.2	4.6%	19.7	5.8%	739.7	7.5%
Transport, postal and warehousing	48	2.6%	229.7	5.6%	141.5	3.9%	19.5	5.7%	438.6	4.4%
Information media and telecommunications	8.3	0.4%	57.5	1.4%	91.3	2.5%	3.9	1.1%	161.0	1.6%
Finance and insurance services	20.1	1.1%	166.3	4.1%	202.9	5.6%	11.6	3.4%	400.9	4.0%
Rental, hiring and real estate services	39.2	2.1%	17.6	0.4%	109.7	3.0%	11.2	3.3%	177.7	1.8%
Professional, scientific and technical services	76.9	4.1%	87.4	2.1%	553.8	15.3%	59.3	17.4%	777.3	7.9%
Administrative and support services	227.9	12.2%	85.1	2.1%	285.4	7.9%	13.4	3.9%	611.8	6.2%
Public administration and safety	79.7	4.3%	497.5	12.2%	43.6	1.2%	1.4	0.4%	622.3	6.3%
Education and training	47.6	2.6%	788.5	19.4%	98.2	2.7%	3.8	1.1%	938.0	9.5%
Health care and social assistance	281.4	15.1%	730.7	18.0%	228.8	6.3%	21.6	6.3%	1,262.4	12.8%
Arts and recreation services	37.6	2.0%	69.7	1.7%	60.5	1.7%	3.1	0.9%	170.8	1.7%
Other services	91	4.9%	45.6	1.1%	203.5	5.6%	23.0	6.8%	363.1	3.7%
Total	1860.7	100.0%	4,070.1	100.0%	3,627.7	100.0%	340.3	100.0%	9,898.9	100.0%