| Disputes in Progress | |||
| Disputes | Workers | Days lost | |
| Quarter | |||
| Q2 2018 | 3 | 867 | 1,907 |
| Q1 2019 | 3 | 32,400 | 27,415 |
| Q2 2019 | 3 | 10,505 | 7,693 |
There were three industrial disputes in progress in the second quarter of 2019 involving 10,505 workers and three firms, resulting in 7,693 days lost. See table 1.
There were three disputes for the same period last year involving 867 workers and resulting in 1,907 days lost. See table 2.
The Human health and social work activities sector accounted for almost all (98.8%) of total days lost in the second quarter of 2019. See table 1
| Table 1 Industrial Disputes which began or were in progress in the second quarter of 2019 | |||||
| Disputes in progress during Q2 2019 | |||||
| Economic sector (NACE Rev. 2) | Disputes which began in Q2 2019 | Number of disputes | Number of firms | Number of workers | Total days lost |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | - | - | - | - | - |
| B-E Industry | - | - | - | - | - |
| F Construction | - | - | - | - | - |
| G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | - | - | - | - | - |
| H Transportation and storage | - | - | - | - | - |
| I Accommodation and food service activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| J Information and communication | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-L Financial, insurance and real estate activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| N Administrative and support service activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | - | - | - | - | - |
| P Education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Q Human health and social work activities | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10,500 | 7,678 |
| R-U Other NACE activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| All NACE Economic Sectors Q2 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10,505 | 7,693 |
| Table 2 Industrial Disputes which began or were in progress in the first six months of 2019 | |||||
| Disputes in progress during 2019 | |||||
| Economic sector (NACE Rev. 2) | Disputes which began in 2019 | Number of disputes | Number of firms | Number of workers | Total days lost |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | - | - | - | - | - |
| B-E Industry | - | - | - | - | - |
| F Construction | - | - | - | - | - |
| G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | - | - | - | - | - |
| H Transportation and storage | - | - | - | - | - |
| I Accommodation and food service activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| J Information and communication | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-L Financial, insurance and real estate activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 400 | 400 |
| O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | - | - | - | - | - |
| P Education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Q Human health and social work activities1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 42,000 | 34,693 |
| R-U Other NACE activities | - | - | - | - | |
| All NACE Economic Sectors 2019 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 42,405 | 35,108 |
| 1 An estimate for the number of workers for Q1 2019 is now available. | |||||
| Table 3 Industrial Disputes which began or were in progress in each quarter, 2012-2019 | ||||||
| Disputes in progress | ||||||
| Year | Quarter | Disputes which began1 | Number of disputes 2 | Number of firms involved (2,3) | Number of workers involved 2 | Total days lost |
| 2012 | Quarter 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 161 |
| Quarter 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1,445 | 7,754 | |
| Quarter 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 400 | 571 | |
| Quarter 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total 2012 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1,920 | 8,486 | |
| 2013 | Quarter 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 228 |
| Quarter 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2,408 | 3,417 | |
| Quarter 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3,032 | 6,718 | |
| Quarter 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6,394 | 4,602 | |
| Total 2013 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11,924 | 14,965 | |
| 2014 | Quarter 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 310 |
| Quarter 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1,681 | 8,014 | |
| Quarter 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3,412 | 10,914 | |
| Quarter 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 27,092 | 24,777 | |
| Total 2014 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 31,665 | 44,015 | |
| 2015 | Quarter 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27,588 | 24,056 |
| Quarter 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10,100 | 8,792 | |
| Quarter 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quarter 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 116 | |
| Total 2015 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 37,760 | 32,964 | |
| 2016 | Quarter 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4,828 | 5,115 |
| Quarter 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 1,127 | |
| Quarter 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3,362 | 14,270 | |
| Quarter 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21,177 | 51,135 | |
| Total 2016 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29,372 | 71,647 | |
| 2017 | Quarter 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4,435 | 21,415 |
| Quarter 2 | 1 | 3 | n/a | 2,417 | 20,312 | |
| Quarter 3 | 2 | 3 | n/a | 876 | 2,131 | |
| Quarter 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4,271 | 6,333 | |
| Total 2017 | 10 | 10 | n/a | 9,456 | 50,191 | |
| 2018 | Quarter 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 300 | 290 |
| Quarter 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 867 | 1,907 | |
| Quarter 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 595 | 1,621 | |
| Quarter 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 217 | 232 | |
| Total 2018 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1,814 | 4,050 | |
| 2019 | Quarter 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 32,400 | 27,415 |
| Quarter 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10,505 | 7,693 | |
| 1 See Scope and Days Lost in Background Notes for more information on criteria for inclusion of disputes. | ||||||
| 2 The quarterly totals in these columns will not always add to the annual total since an Industrial Dispute can be in progress in more than one quarter. | ||||||
| 3 Total number of firms not available as the CSO was unable to establish the number of firms involved in one industrial dispute in the Construction sector in Q2 and Q3 2017. | ||||||
| 4 An estimate for the number of workers for Q1 2019 is now available. | ||||||
The information on Industrial Disputes is based on details supplied by the Industrial Relations Section, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (https://www.dbei.gov.ie/en/) and on information collected directly from other sources by the Central Statistics Office.
Disputes are included in this release if they involve a stoppage of work lasting for at least one day and the total time lost is 10 or more person-days.
In calculating days lost, it is assumed that work would have continued if no dispute had occurred. No allowance is made for loss of work from unemployment or other causes (such as bad weather) which might have happened even if there was no dispute. The number of days lost is calculated by multiplying the number of persons involved by the number of normal working days during which they were involved in the dispute. Persons working for approximately 40 hours per week are assumed to be working the equivalent of a 5 day week even if the work is spread over more than 5 days.
The tables show data on disputes which began and disputes which were in progress in each quarter. The quarterly figures for the number of disputes in progress and for the number of firms and workers involved will not always add to the annual total, since an industrial dispute can be in progress in more than one quarter.
The reference quarters for Industrial Disputes results are:
Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December.
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