❓ WA Parliamentary Question reveals details of Senior Executive Service (SES) redundancies within government departments and agencies between March and July 2017, including compensation payouts and reasons for cessation.
AnsweredQoN 1754Legislative Assembly
Asked
8 August 2017
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
In respect of all departments and agencies within the Minister's portfolios: (a) How many Senior Executive Service (SES) staff have been made redundant between March 17 to July 1 2017; (b) What was the remaining period for their contract; (c) What was the total amount of their payout; and (d) What was the reason given for their redundancy?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 September 2017
Response time
9 days
a) Eight (8) SES officers ceased their employment in the WA public sector and received a compensation payment in accordance with section 59 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 .
b) Refer to table below.
c) Refer to table below.
d) Decisions were made consistent with: the government’s policy to reduce the size of the SES by 20% (SES Reduction Strategy), Machinery of Government changes (MOG changes), agency organisational restructuring (Agency Restructure) and/or other reasons. Refer to table below.
Officer
Agency
Cessation Date
Time remaining on SES contract
Compensation Payment
Reason for Cessation
Tadas Bagdon
Department of Water
30/6/2017
4.5 months
$51,132
MOG changes
Josephine Harrison Ward
Public Sector Commission
30/6/2017
14 months
$371,400
SES Reduction Strategy
Alison Hodge
Landgate
29/6/2017
30 months
$204,529
Agency Restructure
Joseph Attard
Department of Commerce
29/6/2017
39 months
$192,752
Agency Restructure
Sandie Van Soelen
Department of Child Protection and Family Support
29/6/2017
17 months
$191,982
MOG changes
Amanda Gadsdon
Department of Child Protection and Family Support
29/6/2017
22 months
$193,650
MOG changes
Andrew Dores
Public Sector Commission
5/5/2017
50 months
$214,111
SES Reduction Strategy
Julieanne Davis
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
3/5/2017
30 months
$213,674
Agency Restructure
b) Refer to table below.
c) Refer to table below.
d) Decisions were made consistent with: the government’s policy to reduce the size of the SES by 20% (SES Reduction Strategy), Machinery of Government changes (MOG changes), agency organisational restructuring (Agency Restructure) and/or other reasons. Refer to table below.
Officer
Agency
Cessation Date
Time remaining on SES contract
Compensation Payment
Reason for Cessation
Tadas Bagdon
Department of Water
30/6/2017
4.5 months
$51,132
MOG changes
Josephine Harrison Ward
Public Sector Commission
30/6/2017
14 months
$371,400
SES Reduction Strategy
Alison Hodge
Landgate
29/6/2017
30 months
$204,529
Agency Restructure
Joseph Attard
Department of Commerce
29/6/2017
39 months
$192,752
Agency Restructure
Sandie Van Soelen
Department of Child Protection and Family Support
29/6/2017
17 months
$191,982
MOG changes
Amanda Gadsdon
Department of Child Protection and Family Support
29/6/2017
22 months
$193,650
MOG changes
Andrew Dores
Public Sector Commission
5/5/2017
50 months
$214,111
SES Reduction Strategy
Julieanne Davis
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
3/5/2017
30 months
$213,674
Agency Restructure
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