❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding public sector FTE hiring and redundancies since March 2021. The government provides some data on redundancies and associated costs, but claims FTE hiring data is not readily available.
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(1) Since 22 September 2021, how many extra full time equivalents have been hired across appropriation-funded agencies? (2) How many redundancies in the public sector have been taken since 22 September 2021? (3) How many redundancies were taken between 13 March 2021 and 22 September 2021? (4) For (2) and (3) please detail the total actual cost associated with those redundancies? (5) Which appropriation-funded agency had the most redundancies: (a) Has the Public Sector Commission investigated the reason why that agency had the most redundancies and what were the findings? If not, why was no investigation launched?
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Answered
15 February 2022
Responded by
Minister for Public Sector Management
Response time
5 days
(1) This information is not available. The Public Sector Commission collects and reports on workforce data on a quarterly basis. Data for the quarter ending 30 September 2021 was published on 10 December 2021 on the WA Government website. Data for the quarter ending 31 December 2021 will be published in early 2022.
(2) 10, for the period 23 September 2021 to 17 November 2021.
(3) 237, for the period 13 March 2021 to 22 September 2021.
(4) $31,114,110.
(5) Department of Communities, for the period 13 March 2021 to 22 September 2021.
(a) No, an investigation was not required as the majority were in response to an approved Voluntary Targeted Separation Scheme.
(2) 10, for the period 23 September 2021 to 17 November 2021.
(3) 237, for the period 13 March 2021 to 22 September 2021.
(4) $31,114,110.
(5) Department of Communities, for the period 13 March 2021 to 22 September 2021.
(a) No, an investigation was not required as the majority were in response to an approved Voluntary Targeted Separation Scheme.
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