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Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining is a quarterly report containing data about the number of enterprise agreements made in the federal workplace relations system, as well as data about the number of employees covered and the level of wage increases included in collective agreements.

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining is a quarterly report containing data about the number of enterprise agreements made in the federal workplace relations system, as well as data about the number of employees covered and the level of wage increases included in collective agreements.

Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining is a quarterly report containing data about the number of enterprise agreements made in the federal workplace relations system, as well as data about the number of employees covered and the level of wage increases included in collective agreements.

Trends technical notes contain information on how the data for the Trends report is calculated and is to be interpreted as well as data in relation to the proportion employees covered by the various methods of setting wages and conditions. The document also has information on types of agreements that appear in the report.

The Workplace Agreements Database provides data on developments in coverage, wage increases and conditions of employment included in collective agreements. It is the database that underpins the Australian Enterprise Agreements Data.

From December 2017 onwards, we will share the data prepared for customised requests with other parties. This helps to build an evidence-based understanding of issues about the content of enterprise agreements and provide the public with wider access to Workplace Agreements Database data. We do not publish the original requestor's information or the purpose of the request.

As shown in recent Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining quarterly report, there has been a decline in the number of private sector agreements. However, coverage in the public sector has not changed significantly. This paper focuses on the private sector and reports on the observed trend in greater detail including by agreement size, industry and union coverage. 

To interpret data in the published Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining is a quarterly report technical notes are included at the end of the Trends reports. Supplementary papers that provide detailed analysis of specific subjects are also useful to understand the data in the reports.

This guide will assist people interested in requesting access to the Workplace Agreements Database (WAD) dataset to understand what the dataset contains, and how it can be drawn upon as a valuable research source. It is not, however, a complete list of all parameters recorded in the WAD.

People seeking access to the Workplace Agreements Database dataset must complete this form and return it via email to ebtrends@dewr.gov.au.