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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 861 asked in the Legislative Council on 18 August 2022 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Transport; Planning; Ports
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

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?

Answered on 20 September 2022

a) Portfolio agencies inform their employees about the availability of this leave through various means including enterprise agreements; leave booking mechanisms; leave procedure documents; inductions; and agency intranet sites.

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.