Fair Work Commission

The AWRS surveyed national system employers and employees within the private sector, public sector, non-Government organisations and not-for-profit organisations.

The following sets out the coverage of the national system:

• In New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia the national system includes ALL employees (except most government and local government employees).
• In the Northern Territory the national system includes ALL employees (except members of the police force).
• In Tasmania the national system includes private enterprise and local government. It does not include state government.
• In Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory the national system includes ALL employees (except law enforcement officers or executives in the public sector in Victoria).
• In Western Australia the national system includes constitutional corporations. It does not include state government or non-constitutional corporations.

Enterprises with fewer than 5 employees were not included within the scope of the AWRS. Consequently, workers employed by enterprises with fewer than 5 employees were not within the scope of the AWRS.

Enterprises classified into the Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry ANZSIC 2006 industry division were not included in the scope of the AWRS. Consequently, workers employed in the Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry industry Division were excluded from the AWRS.

As noted above, public sector enterprises in the national system of workplace relations were included in the scope of the study, except for enterprises in the Defence industry (ANZSIC sub-division 76: Defence) which are commonly excluded from survey research. Consequently, public sector employees working in the Defence industry were not included in the scope of the AWRS.