Dr. Nahan asks about employee assistance program usage across the Premier's portfolio. The answer states that the data is not collected to protect anonymity and confidentiality.

AnsweredQoN 5028Legislative Assembly
Asked
3 April 2019
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations

QuestionView source ↗

For all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards
within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities how many employees accessed the employee assistance program (or similar program) for the following periods: (a) 1 March 2016 to 28 February 2017; (b) 1 March 2017 to 28 February 2018; and (c) 1 March 2018 to 28 February 2019?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
7 May 2019
Response time
5 days
The following question cannot be answered as departments and agencies do not receive records of how many employees access the program.
Furthermore, as the Member would be well aware, the integrity and success of the Employee Assistance Program is fundamentally dependent on anonymity and confidentiality.

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