Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers for the year July 2019 to June 2020.
For most visuals, we give you a break down in 3 ways:
At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2015 to June 2020.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
We define personal leave as paid sick or carer's leave.
The average time taken by employees for personal leave, such as sick and carer's leave, is a standard workforce measure.
We use it in the public sector to report on time lost to unscheduled absences.
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These are the days per ongoing and fixed-term full-time equivalent employees.
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In the 2019 to 2020 financial year, the 8% of employees who took more than 20 days of personal leave account for 34% of all leave taken, which is consistent with past years.
For the most up to date data on employee leave, see our most recent release: 2021 employee personal leave