Cause of Dispute Cause of dispute statistics relate to the
reported main cause of stoppage of work and not necessarily all
causes that may have been responsible for the stoppage of work.
For these reasons, the statistics do not reflect the relative
importance of all causes of disputes as perceived by both
employers and employees. The causes are classified from
information supplied by employers and according to standards
determined by the International Labour Organisation. Disputes
are initially classified according to whether a dispute occurred
during a process of workplace/enterprise bargaining. A process
of workplace/enterprise bargaining refers to the negotiations
that take place between an employer and their employees (or
their representatives), in reaching an agreement over pay and
employment conditions. Disputes not related to a process of
workplace/enterprise bargaining include: Disputes are then
further classified according to the main cause of the dispute,
as follows: Enterprise Bargaining (EB) relat