❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice reveals which departments within the Transport; Planning; Lands portfolio utilise outsourced payroll management companies, their costs, data shared, and any privacy breaches. Several agencies confirmed using outsourced services, detailing costs and data access, with no breaches reported.
AnsweredQoN 3594Legislative Assembly
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In the 2017-18 financial year has any department, agencies, commissions or Government Trading Enterprises (GTE) within the Minister's portfolio of responsibilities utilised an outsourced payroll management company and if so: (a) What outsourced payroll company was used and in what country are they based; (b) What is the estimated cost of utilising this outsourced option; (c) What data is provided to this outsourced payroll company in order to process payroll (i.e. names, addresses, bank details); and (d) Is the Minister or Agency aware of any privacy breaches in relation to the data provided to this outsourced payroll company: (i) If so, what is the nature of that breach, including dates of released data and details of the data released?
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Answered
18 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands
Response time
9 days
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
(a) Ascender Pay Pty Ltd and Aurion Pty Ltd (ceased 17 May 2018), both based in Australia.
(b) $156,997.76
(c) All data entry including configuration is undertaken by internal payroll resources. The production of the final pay and disbursement of pays and superannuation is undertaken by Ascender Pay. Ascender Pay has access to employee information such as banking details.
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
Department of Transport
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Main Roads Western Australia
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Public Transport Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Fremantle Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Kimberley Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Mid West Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Pilbara Ports Authority
(a) Australian Payroll Professionals Holdings Pty Ltd
(b) $44,546
(c) Employee name, address, phone/mobile, date of birth, bank details, super fund, tax file number, salary details, cost centre, position
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
Southern Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Landcorp
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Landgate
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
(a) Frontier Software and Australia.
(b) $50,399.94 (GST exclusive).
(c) Frontier's authorised users have access to the employee database in order to process payroll (i.e. names, addresses, bank details).
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
(a) Ascender Pay Pty Ltd and Aurion Pty Ltd (ceased 17 May 2018), both based in Australia.
(b) $156,997.76
(c) All data entry including configuration is undertaken by internal payroll resources. The production of the final pay and disbursement of pays and superannuation is undertaken by Ascender Pay. Ascender Pay has access to employee information such as banking details.
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
Department of Transport
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Main Roads Western Australia
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Public Transport Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Fremantle Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Kimberley Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Mid West Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Pilbara Ports Authority
(a) Australian Payroll Professionals Holdings Pty Ltd
(b) $44,546
(c) Employee name, address, phone/mobile, date of birth, bank details, super fund, tax file number, salary details, cost centre, position
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
Southern Ports Authority
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Landcorp
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Landgate
No
(a)-(d) Not applicable
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
(a) Frontier Software and Australia.
(b) $50,399.94 (GST exclusive).
(c) Frontier's authorised users have access to the employee database in order to process payroll (i.e. names, addresses, bank details).
(d) No
(i) Not applicable
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