❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on emergency service volunteer leave across agencies under the Housing; Lands; Homelessness; Local Government portfolio. Several agencies cite the burden of data collection as a reason for not providing specific figures, referring to similar questions asked of other ministers.
AnsweredQoN 866Legislative Council
Asked
18 August 2022
Member
Portfolio
Housing; Lands; Homelessness; Local Government
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the Department of Productivity and Labor Reform Circular to Departments and Authorities No. 2 of 2001 titled Paid Leave for Emergency Service Volunteers . For each Department, Agency or Government Trading Entity under your portfolio, I ask: (a) how do you inform your employees of this policy; and (b) for the past two financial years: (i) how many employees have requested paid leave as an emergency service volunteer; (ii) how many employees have had a request refused; (iii) how many total hours were granted; and (iv) how many total hours were refused?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 September 2022
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing; Lands; Homelessness; Local Government
Response time
5 days
Landgate
(a)
Landgate employees are provided information about leave entitlements through the onboarding process. Those employees that have disclosed they are an emergency service volunteer are also advised of this paid leave entitlement. Landgate’s industrial instruments are accessible via the intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
(a)
The Paid Leave for Emergency Service Volunteers is available to all staff as a leave category Public Sector Emergency Services Leave on the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) payroll leave booking system. It is also a clause in the Public Sector (CSA) Agreement 2021 which is accessible to all staff on the MCB’s intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
DevelopmentWA
(a)
DevelopmentWA informs employees about the paid leave for emergency service volunteers via our onboarding process. All new employees are provided with information about the full suite of leave available to them and this information is also available via the DevelopmentWA intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
(a-b) Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 861
Department of Communities
(a-b)
Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 863
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
(a-b)
Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 857
(a)
Landgate employees are provided information about leave entitlements through the onboarding process. Those employees that have disclosed they are an emergency service volunteer are also advised of this paid leave entitlement. Landgate’s industrial instruments are accessible via the intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
(a)
The Paid Leave for Emergency Service Volunteers is available to all staff as a leave category Public Sector Emergency Services Leave on the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) payroll leave booking system. It is also a clause in the Public Sector (CSA) Agreement 2021 which is accessible to all staff on the MCB’s intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
DevelopmentWA
(a)
DevelopmentWA informs employees about the paid leave for emergency service volunteers via our onboarding process. All new employees are provided with information about the full suite of leave available to them and this information is also available via the DevelopmentWA intranet.
(b)(i-iv)
This detailed information is not readily available and would require considerable time to collate and prepare, which would divert staff away from their normal duties. It is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources to provide this information, noting that this question has been asked to all Ministers for all Government Departments, Agencies and Government Trading Enterprises
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
(a-b) Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 861
Department of Communities
(a-b)
Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 863
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
(a-b)
Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 857
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