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DEFINING SERIOUS HARM

3. Overview of submitters

Who submitted

A total of 116 submissions were received. These are listed as an Appendix.

Table 1: Submitters by type
Type Number Percent
Employer 60 52%
Employee/individual 11 9%
Central govt organisation 5 4%
Education provider 3 3%
Industry or employer association 15 13%
Professional organisation 6 5%
Union/employee representative 6 5%
Volunteer/not for profit organisation 2 2%
Other (see comment) 8 7%

Chart 1: Submitters by type

Submitters by type.

Table 2: Submitters by industry
Industry Number Percent
Agriculture/horticulture 1 1%
Communication services and electricity 2 2%
Construction 6 5%
Education 8 7%
Finance and insurance 1 1%
Fishing 1 1%
Forestry 0 0%
Government services 9 8%
Health services 14 12%
Manufacturing 20 17%
Meat processing 4 3%
Retail and Wholesale Trade 2 2%
Tourism and hospitality 1 1%
Transport and storage 13 11%
Other (see comment) 15 13%
Cross-sector 19 16%

Chart 2: Submitters by industry

Submitters by Industry.

Support for the review

There was almost unanimous support for the review (109/116 submissions).

Support for the draft definition

Chart 3: Approval or disapproval of the draft definition

Approval or Disapproval of hte draft definition.

Support by type of submitter

Table 3: Support or opposition of draft definition by sector
  Support Qualified support Neutral Qualified opposition Opposition
Employer 0 35 0 22 3
Employee/individual 0 8 0 3 0
Central govt organisation 0 5 0 0 0
Education provider 0 3 0 0 0
Industry or employer association 0 10 0 3 2
Professional organisation 0 5 0 1 0
Union/employee representative 0 5 0 1 0
Volunteer/not for profit organisation 0 2 0 0 0
Other (see comment) 0 5 0 2 1
 

0

0%

78

67%

0

0%

32

28%

6

5%

Table 4: Support or opposition of draft definition by sector
  Support Qualified support Neutral Qualified opposition Opposition
Agriculture/horticulture 0 0 0 1 0
Communication services 0 1 0 1 0
Construction 0 4 0 2 0
Education 0 5 0 3 0
Finance and insurance 0 1 0 0 0
Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
Forestry 0 0 0 0 0
Government services 0 7 0 1 1
Health services 0 9 0 5 0
Manufacturing 0 8 0 9 5
Meat processing 0 4 0 0 0
Retail and wholesale trade 0 1 0 1 0
Tourism and hospitality 0 0 0 1 0
Transport and storage 0 12 0 1 0
Other (see comment) 0 14 0 4 0
Cross-sector 0 12 0 3 0
 

0

0%

78

67%

0

0%

32

28%

6

5%