protected function is_queue_empty() {
		global $wpdb;

		$table  = $wpdb->options;
		$column = 'option_name';

		if ( is_multisite() ) {
			$table  = $wpdb->sitemeta;
			$column = 'meta_key';
		}

		$key = $wpdb->esc_like( $this->identifier . '_batch_' ) . '%';

		$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "
			SELECT COUNT(*)
			FROM {$table}
			WHERE {$column} LIKE %s
		", $key ) );

		return ( $count > 0 ) ? false : true;
	}