❓ Hon Peter Foss questions the Premier regarding the Health Department's sick leave data contribution to the 'Profile of the Western Australian State Government Workforce' report, specifically its impact on sick leave figures and graphs. The Premier's response indicates that the Health Department's data issues and Machinery of Government changes had no effect on the overall report's figures.
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I refer to the recently published The Profile of the Western Australian State Government Workforce, June 30 2003 -
(1) What figures were the Health Department able to provide in respect to sick leave?
(2) What effect did the Health Department’s inability to provide all details have on the total outcome for the Sick Leave -
(a) graph at page 1 Section 4; and
(b) total hours paid sick leave 02-03 page 4 Section 4?
(3) Item 4(c) - Sick leave absence has a footnote 3 (2001-02 and 2002-03) as follows -
‘3 This table should be read in conjunction with Item 1(d) of Section 1 of the Profile 2032. Through the Machinery of Government (MOG) changes a number of agencies have had their status altered and as a result are not directly comparable to the pervious year.
How does the footnote Impact on the figures and graph at page 1 section 4?
(1) What figures were the Health Department able to provide in respect to sick leave?
(2) What effect did the Health Department’s inability to provide all details have on the total outcome for the Sick Leave -
(a) graph at page 1 Section 4; and
(b) total hours paid sick leave 02-03 page 4 Section 4?
(3) Item 4(c) - Sick leave absence has a footnote 3 (2001-02 and 2002-03) as follows -
‘3 This table should be read in conjunction with Item 1(d) of Section 1 of the Profile 2032. Through the Machinery of Government (MOG) changes a number of agencies have had their status altered and as a result are not directly comparable to the pervious year.
How does the footnote Impact on the figures and graph at page 1 section 4?
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5 May 2004
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Leader of the House representing the Premier
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35 days
(b) total hours paid sick leave 02-03 page 4 Section 4?
The Department of Health has recently provided the Public Sector Management Division with the anonymous individual employee records as at 30 June 2003. (2)(a) No effect. (2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(2)(a) No effect. (2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
The Department of Health has recently provided the Public Sector Management Division with the anonymous individual employee records as at 30 June 2003. (2)(a) No effect. (2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(2)(a) No effect. (2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(2)(b) No effect. (3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
(3) No impact. The figures and graph at page 1 section 4 report on ‘average paid and unpaid sick leave absence’ for the whole of the Western Australia public sector. Footnote ‘3’ on page 3 section 4 highlights the fact that because of the Machinery of Government changes, it may not always be possible to compare data reported by an individual agency in 2002/03 with data reported by the agency with the same name in 2001/02.
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