❓ A parliamentary question regarding staff retention and salary increases for legislative drafting professionals in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office since July 2001. The answer indicates no retention issues and details salary increases for different staff categories.
AnsweredQoN 1651Legislative Council
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I refer to the staff in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office. (1) Is there an initiative to retain legislative drafting professionals in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office? (2) If yes to (1), what conditions and salary rates do the staff receive? (3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(1) Is there an initiative to retain legislative drafting professionals in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office? (2) If yes to (1), what conditions and salary rates do the staff receive? (3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(2) If yes to (1), what conditions and salary rates do the staff receive? (3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(1) Is there an initiative to retain legislative drafting professionals in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office? (2) If yes to (1), what conditions and salary rates do the staff receive? (3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(2) If yes to (1), what conditions and salary rates do the staff receive? (3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(3) What increase in salary rates or additional incentives have been paid to legislative drafting professionals since July 2001? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(1) Retention of professional staff at the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office has not been an issue, so there has been no need for any initiative in this regard beyond the criteria classification arrangements that have been in place in the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for over a decade. (2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(2) Not applicable. (3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
(3) The Parliamentary Counsel and the Deputy Parliamentary Counsel are paid in accordance with the determinations of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. The salaries currently paid to them are 11.3 per cent more than they were paid in July 2001. Salary increases granted to other legal drafters and the dates they were paid varied throughout the period depending on whether the drafters elected to work under the workplace agreement or under the enterprise bargaining agreement. Legal drafters are currently employed under a general agreement. The salaries they currently receive are 7.7 per cent more than they received in July 2001, irrespective of whether they were previously under the WPA or the EBA.
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