❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the implementation of paid leave for emergency service volunteers across departments under the Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Hydrogen Industry portfolio. The response from the relevant minister indicates that while the policy is communicated, detailed data collection on leave requests is not readily available and would require significant resources.
AnsweredQoN 856Legislative Council
Asked
18 August 2022
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Hydrogen Industry
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
Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Hydrogen Industry
Response time
5 days
(a) The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) employees are informed of their entitlement to take paid leave to volunteer with specified emergency organisations via DPIRD’s intranet page. When State Emergency Service Units, as identified in Clause 35 Public Service Award, make a call for volunteers, employees are informed via an article on DPIRD’s intranet and update in the @DPIRD staff e-newsletter. An all-staff email may also be issued.
(b) 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.
(b) 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.
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