Question On Notice No. 139 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 August 2017 by Hon Tjorn Sibma
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Public Sector Management
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) Since the election of the McGowan Government, how many staff have received compensation packages to leave the public service?
(2) Can the Minister list the names of those staff and the names of the agencies from which they came?
(3) Can the Minister list the compensation amount that each staff member received?
(4) Can the Minister list, in addition to those compensation amounts, the monetary value of accrued leave and allowances paid to each of those staff members?
Answered on 12 September 2017
The Public Sector Commission advises:
(1) 20 officers have received compensation payments under section 59 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994. This figure does not include officers who received a voluntary severance payment under the Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy) Regulations 2014.
(2-3)
OFFICER | AGENCY | AMOUNT |
R Chalmers | Formerly Disability Services Commission | $419,191 |
G Milner | Department of Health | $314,283 |
J Sharp | Formerly Department of Parks and Wildlife | $372,423 |
P Turner | Department of Health | $207,840 |
R May | Department of the Premier and Cabinet | $376,046 |
F Harrison | Main Roads WA | $205,557 |
G Wyre | Department of Parks and Wildlife | $172,179 |
P Andrew | Lotterywest | $339,406 |
K Taylor | Formerly Office of the EPA | $331,987 |
E White | Formerly Department for Child Protection and Family Support | $355,695 |
L Genoni | Department of the Premier and Cabinet | $282,291 |
R Shean | Department of Training and Workforce Development | $424,591 |
T Bagdon | Department of Water | $51,132 |
J Harrison-Ward | Public Sector Commission | $371,400 |
A Hodge | Landgate | $204,529 |
J Attard | Department of Commerce | $192,752 |
S Van Soelen | Department for Child Protection and Family Support | $191,982 |
A Gadsdon | Department for Child Protection and Family Support | $193,650 |
A Dores | Public Sector Commission | $214,111 |
J Davis | Department for Child Protection and Family Support | $213,674 |
(4) The payment of accrued leave upon cessation is an award entitlement. Details are held within the respective agencies and not by the Public Sector Commission. For former employees of the Public Sector Commission the following leave payments were made.
J Harrison-Ward $118,056.87
D Dores $58,452.22