# Notice period australia: Termination Dispute Statistics

> The median published figure in the Termination Dispute Statistics is 4.55 percent across 6 figures from 3 sources' own pages (range 1.80 to 7.70 percent), read 26 September 2026.

Notice Period Australia · https://noticeperiodaustralia.com/datasets/termination-dispute-statistics/ · computed 2026-09-26

**Median published figure:** 4.55 % (range 1.8 to 7.7 %; 6 sources with a figure; 3 of 7 sources read publish one).

3 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 4.55 percent across 6).

## By measure

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| measure job-mobility-rate | 7.2 % | 7.2 to 7.7 % | 3 |
| measure retrenchment-rate | 1.8 % | 1.8 to 1.9 % | 3 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ABS: Job Mobility, February 2025](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/job-mobility/feb-2025) | 7.7 % | job-mobility-rate | 2026-09-12 |
| [ABS: Jobs topic page (latest job mobility release)](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/sort) | 7.2 % | job-mobility-rate | 2026-09-12 |
| [ABS: Employment and unemployment](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment) | 7.2 % | job-mobility-rate | 2026-09-12 |
| [ABS: Job Mobility, February 2025](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/job-mobility/feb-2025) | 1.9 % | retrenchment-rate | 2026-09-12 |
| [ABS: Jobs topic page (latest job mobility release)](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/sort) | 1.8 % | retrenchment-rate | 2026-09-12 |
| [ABS: Employment and unemployment](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment) | 1.8 % | retrenchment-rate | 2026-09-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (6)

- [ABS: Job Mobility, February 2025](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/job-mobility/feb-2025), read 2026-09-12: "the job mobility rate decreased to 7.7%"
- [ABS: Jobs topic page (latest job mobility release)](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/sort), read 2026-09-12: "the job mobility rate decreased to 7.2%"
- [ABS: Employment and unemployment](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment), read 2026-09-12: "the job mobility rate was 7.2%, a decrease from February 2025 (7.7%)"
- [ABS: Job Mobility, February 2025](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/job-mobility/feb-2025), read 2026-09-12: "The annual retrenchment rate was 1.9%"
- [ABS: Jobs topic page (latest job mobility release)](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/sort), read 2026-09-12: "The annual retrenchment rate was 1.8%"
- [ABS: Employment and unemployment](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment), read 2026-09-12: "the annual retrenchment rate was 1.8%, a decrease from 1.9% in February 2025"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Fair Work Commission: annual reports](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications/annual-reports), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Fair Work Commission: Annual Report 2024-25 published](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media/news/annual-report-2024-25-published), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Fair Work Commission: reporting and publications](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [fwc.gov.au](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications/annual-reports), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 7 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 4 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 30 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: the Commission's lodgment counts by application type per financial year, joined to the ABS's count of people who left or lost a job and were retrenched in the same period, giving the derived figure neither body publishes: the DISPUTE RATE - applications per thousand separations - and its direction over years, beside the share of unfair dismissal applications resolved at conciliation. It is the number that tells a reader whether the notice they were given is worth arguing about, which is exactly what the buyer is deciding.

## Sources

- [Fair Work Commission: annual reports](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications/annual-reports) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fair Work Commission: Annual Report 2024-25 published](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media/news/annual-report-2024-25-published) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fair Work Commission: reporting and publications](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS: Job Mobility, February 2025](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/job-mobility/feb-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS: Jobs topic page (latest job mobility release)](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/jobs/sort) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ABS: Employment and unemployment](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [fwc.gov.au](https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/reporting-and-publications/annual-reports) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Termination Dispute Statistics is 4.55 percent across 6 figures from 3 sources' own pages (range 1.80 to 7.70 percent), read 26 September 2026.
- 3 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
- Termination Dispute Statistics, measure job-mobility-rate: median 7.20 percent across 3 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- Termination Dispute Statistics, measure retrenchment-rate: median 1.80 percent across 3 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 4.55 percent across 6).

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