| Agency | Sick leave | Total unscheduled absence |
|---|---|---|
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* Indicates an agency which does not differentiate between sick leave and other types of personal leave. Only the total averagenumber of days of unscheduled absence per employee can be calculated. ** The Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner ceased operation on 31 May 2012. Therefore the data on unscheduled absence are for an 11 month period only. 1 Agencies are listed from lowest to highest in unscheduled absence as depicted in Figures 4.22, 4.23 and 4.24. |
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| Small agencies with <250 APS employees | ||
| National Blood Authority | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| Future Fund Management Agency | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| Australian Skills Quality Authority | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Federal Magistrates Court of Australia | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | 4.8 | 6.0 |
| Screen Australia | * | 6.6 |
| Torres Strait Regional Authority | 3.6 | 7.0 |
| Australian Human Rights Commission | 5.8 | 7.3 |
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| National Native Title Tribunal | 5.9 | 7.5 |
| Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | 5.1 | 7.6 |
| National Offshore Petroleum Safety and EnvironmentalManagement Authority | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Office of Parliamentary Counsel | 5.9 | 7.7 |
| Australian Office of Financial Management | 6.0 | 7.9 |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | 6.8 | 8.0 |
| Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Productivity Commission | 6.6 | 8.1 |
| Office of National Assessments | 6.3 | 8.2 |
| Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority | 7.6 | 8.6 |
| Australian Organ and Tissue Authority | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | 6.1 | 9.3 |
| Australian National Preventive Health Agency | 7.1 | 9.3 |
| Cancer Australia | 7.5 | 9.5 |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| National Capital Authority | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| National Water Commission | 9.0 | 10.3 |
| Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | * | 10.8 |
| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| Australian Institute of Family Studies | 8.3 | 11.4 |
| Australian Fisheries Management Authority | 7.2 | 11.6 |
| Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 8.3 | 11.8 |
| Royal Australian Mint | 9.3 | 11.9 |
| Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House | 9.3 | 12.0 |
| Social Security Appeals Tribunal | 10.2 | 12.3 |
| Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner** | 7.8 | 12.8 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | 10.9 | 13.4 |
| Safe Work Australia | 10.2 | 14.1 |
| CrimTrac Agency | 9.5 | 14.1 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | * | 15.1 |
| Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman | 10.9 | 15.1 |
| Australian Research Council | 14.3 | 17.8 |
| Commonwealth Grants Commission | 7.8 | 18.5 |
| Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | 7.3 | 19.8 |
| Professional Services Review | 10.5 | 21.4 |
| Medium agencies with 251–1,000 APS employees | ||
| Australian War Memorial | * | 8.2 |
| Federal Court of Australia | 6.4 | 8.4 |
| Murray-Darling Basin Authority | 6.3 | 9.2 |
| Australian Trade Commission | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| Australian National Audit Office | 6.8 | 9.8 |
| National Museum of Australia | 7.2 | 10.0 |
| Defence Housing Australia | 7.0 | 10.0 |
| Australian Public Service Commission | 8.5 | 10.0 |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 9.1 | 10.0 |
| Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism | 7.2 | 10.5 |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 8.2 | 11.0 |
| Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre | 8.8 | 11.1 |
| Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | 8.8 | 11.5 |
| Family Court of Australia | 7.4 | 11.6 |
| Fair Work Australia | 8.8 | 11.8 |
| Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia | 9.0 | 11.9 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 7.2 | 12.0 |
| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | 9.0 | 12.1 |
| Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | 9.3 | 12.5 |
| Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions | 8.9 | 12.5 |
| Australian Communications and Media Authority | 9.4 | 12.6 |
| Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | 10.1 | 12.8 |
| Australian Crime Commission | 9.0 | 13.1 |
| Comcare | 9.3 | 13.2 |
| Geoscience Australia | 9.1 | 13.2 |
| Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport | * | 13.7 |
| National Library of Australia | 10.8 | 13.7 |
| National Archives of Australia | 10.1 | 13.7 |
| ComSuper | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal | 11.9 | 14.3 |
| Aboriginal Hostels Limited | 11.0 | 15.6 |
| Large agencies with > 1,000 APS employees | ||
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 5.6 | 8.3 |
| Bureau of Meteorology | 6.3 | 8.6 |
| Australian Agency for International Development | 6.7 | 9.0 |
| Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 7.0 | 9.3 |
| Department of the Treasury | 7.2 | 9.7 |
| Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 7.7 | 9.9 |
| Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education | 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | 8.8 | 10.9 |
| Department of Defence | 8.6 | 11.1 |
| Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 9.5 | 12.4 |
| Department of Finance and Deregulation | 9.0 | 12.5 |
| Attorney General's Department | 9.2 | 12.6 |
| Australian Electoral Commission | 10.0 | 13.4 |
| Department of Immigration and Citizenship | 9.7 | 13.4 |
| Australian Customs and Border Protection Service | 9.3 | 13.6 |
| Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 10.6 | 13.6 |
| IP Australia | 9.9 | 13.7 |
| Department of Infrastructure and Transport | 9.5 | 14.0 |
| Department of Human Services | 11.2 | 14.9 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 11.0 | 15.0 |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 10.6 | 15.2 |
| Department of Health and Ageing | 10.8 | 15.2 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 12.0 | 15.5 |
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