❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma questions the Premier regarding oversight of working from home practices in the public sector, specifically in the absence of centrally collected statistics and clarity on the expected balance between working from home and in the workplace.
AnsweredQoN 980Legislative Council
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PUBLIC SECTOR — WORKING FROM HOME POLICIES
980. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I
note the Premier's answer yesterday to my question regarding working
from home practices across the public sector.
(1) What specific
oversight of working from home practices does the Public Sector Commission
exercise if there is an absence of centrally collected statistics?
(2) Notwithstanding
the Premier's expectation that public sector employees work from the
workplace, what is the balance of this
expectation; for example, does this mean public sector employees should work in
the workplace 50 per cent of the
time, 80 per cent of the time, 100 per cent of the time or some other
proportion?
980. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing
the Premier:
I
note the Premier's answer yesterday to my question regarding working
from home practices across the public sector.
(1) What specific
oversight of working from home practices does the Public Sector Commission
exercise if there is an absence of centrally collected statistics?
(2) Notwithstanding
the Premier's expectation that public sector employees work from the
workplace, what is the balance of this
expectation; for example, does this mean public sector employees should work in
the workplace 50 per cent of the
time, 80 per cent of the time, 100 per cent of the time or some other
proportion?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) Each
employing authority is responsible for implementing industrial agreements and
agency policies, including working from home provisions. The Public Sector
Commission does not manage or oversee industrial agreements.
(2) Public sector
employees are expected to be in the workplace unless they have individual and
agreed arrangements in place with their employer in line with the relevant
industrial instrument. There is no sector-wide standard on proportions of time
due to the unique context of each public sector workplace and diverse range of occupational groups. For
example, what is practical for a policy officer in a department may not
be suitable for frontline staff.
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) Each
employing authority is responsible for implementing industrial agreements and
agency policies, including working from home provisions. The Public Sector
Commission does not manage or oversee industrial agreements.
(2) Public sector
employees are expected to be in the workplace unless they have individual and
agreed arrangements in place with their employer in line with the relevant
industrial instrument. There is no sector-wide standard on proportions of time
due to the unique context of each public sector workplace and diverse range of occupational groups. For
example, what is practical for a policy officer in a department may not
be suitable for frontline staff.
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