FED: Non union companies growing, business report shows

AAP General News (Australia)
02-05-1999
FED: Non union companies growing, business report shows

CANBERRA, Feb 5 AAP - Only nine per cent of Australian firms now have a unionised
workforce.

Companies with no unionised employees increased from 88 per cent to 91 per cent between
1995 and 1996, a report released today said.

The report, A Portrait of Australian Business - Results of the 1996 Business Longitudinal
Survey, showed employment growth was maintained but the average number of persons employed per
firm fell by 2.9 per cent.

The survey indicated greater use of part-time employees, particularly for businesses …