| Disputes in Progress | |||
| Disputes | Workers | Days lost | |
| Quarter | |||
| Q3 2014 | 4 | 3,412 | 10,914 |
| Q2 2015 | 3 | 10,100 | 8,792 |
| Q3 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
During the third quarter of 2015 there were no days lost to industrial disputes. No disputes began or were in progress in this period. This is the first quarter since Q4 2012 that no days were lost to industrial disputes in a quarter. See table 2.
During the first nine months of 2015 there were 32,848 days lost to industrial disputes. This compares with 19,238 for the same period last year. See table 1.
Seven disputes began or were in progress in the first nine months of 2015, involving 6 firms and a total of 32,848 days lost. See table 1.
The Education sector accounted for almost 73% of the total days lost during the first nine months of 2015. See table 1.
| Table 1 Industrial Disputes which began or were in progress in the first nine months of 2015 | |||||
| Disputes in progress during 2015 | |||||
| Economic sector (NACE Rev. 2) | Disputes which began in 2015 | Number of disputes | Number of firms | Number of workers | Total days lost |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | - | - | - | - | - |
| B-E Industry | - | - | - | - | - |
| F Construction | - | 1 | 1 | 14 | 466 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,000 | 2,678 |
| H Transportation and storage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,000 | 5,714 |
| I Accommodation and food service activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| J Information and communication | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-L Financial, insurance and real estate activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| H Administrative and support service activities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 30 |
| O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | - | - | - | - | - |
| P Education | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27,660 | 23,960 |
| Q Human health and social work activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| R-U Other NACE activities | - | - | - | - | - |
| All NACE Economic Sectors 2015 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 37,688 | 32,848 |
| Table 2 Industrial Disputes which began or were in progress in each quarter, 2010-2015 | ||||||
| Disputes in progress | ||||||
| Year | Quarter | Disputes which began1 | Number of disputes 2 | Number of firms involved 2 | Number of workers involved 2 | Total days lost |
| 2010 | Quarter 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 330 | 4,217 |
| Quarter 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1,136 | |
| Quarter 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 156 | 1,222 | |
| Quarter 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 27 | |
| Total 2010 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 511 | 6,602 | |
| 2011 | Quarter 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 335 | 2,451 |
| Quarter 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 462 | 572 | |
| Quarter 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 93 | |
| Quarter 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 580 | 579 | |
| Total 2011 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1,384 | 3,695 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | ||||||
Sources
The information on Industrial Disputes is based on details supplied by the Industrial Relations Section, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and on information collected directly from other sources by the Central Statistics Office.
Scope
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.
Days Lost
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.
Disputes in Progress
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.
Reference Quarters
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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