Dear Lesley
 
Ref. H201908795
 
OIA Request extension
 
Thank you for your request of 5 October 2019 under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) below.

It is necessary to extend the period of time available to respond to your
request under section 15A(1)(b) of the Official Information Act 1982 as
the as the request necessitates researching and compiling a large quantity
of information.  You can now expect a response to your request on, or
before 25 November 2019.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Official Information Act 1982,
to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to extend the time available to
respond to your request.
 

Nâku noa nâ

Margee Do
Senior Advisor

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "Lesley Harbern"
<[FOI #11387 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health"
<[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        05/10/2019 03:35 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Employment Equity

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Dear Ministry of Health,

I am interested in employment equity and fairness

Please quantify your gender paygap (if possible not just binary
male-female but incorporating other gender identifications too). Please
also give numbers of your employees are of which genders at each tier of
your hierarchy.

Please also provide the same information regarding the other following
demographics (to the extent that it is held, it is understood that you may
not have all of this data):
Marital status
Religious belief
Ethical belief
Ethnic origins
National origins
Disability
age
Political opinion
Employment status immediately prior to be employed by yourselves
Sexual orientation
Physical appearance/body type characteristics

Please explain what you are doing to actively address any disparities in
any of these areas.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating conscious
discrimination and prejudice in these areas.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating unconscious
discrimination and prejudice in these areas.

Please be aware that providing policy documents that state these
discriminations and prejudices are not acceptable does not constitute an
answer to these queries. Policy documents are not action. What actual
actions are you taking.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating wrongful
interpersonal behaviour such as workplace bullying and harassment even if
it is not specific to any of these demographics.

Please provide for the last seven years how many complaints of conscious
or unconscious discrimination, bullying, harassment, sexual harassment
have been made. Also please provide the number of times people raised
these incidents but did not lodge a formal complaint.
Please explain how many of these cases were investigated and whether they
were investigated by your own people or external parties. Please explain
how you decide if an internal or external person is suitably qualified and
skilled and has the integrity needed for the investigation.
Please explain what actions have been taken against the perpetrators whose
actions gave rise to the complaints. 

Yours faithfully,

Lesley Harbern

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Dear Lesley

Please find attached response to your information request.

Sincerely

Margee Do
Senior Advisor

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "Lesley Harbern"
<[FOI #11387 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health"
<[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        05/10/2019 03:35 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Employment Equity

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Ministry of Health,

I am interested in employment equity and fairness

Please quantify your gender paygap (if possible not just binary
male-female but incorporating other gender identifications too). Please
also give numbers of your employees are of which genders at each tier of
your hierarchy.

Please also provide the same information regarding the other following
demographics (to the extent that it is held, it is understood that you may
not have all of this data):
Marital status
Religious belief
Ethical belief
Ethnic origins
National origins
Disability
age
Political opinion
Employment status immediately prior to be employed by yourselves
Sexual orientation
Physical appearance/body type characteristics

Please explain what you are doing to actively address any disparities in
any of these areas.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating conscious
discrimination and prejudice in these areas.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating unconscious
discrimination and prejudice in these areas.

Please be aware that providing policy documents that state these
discriminations and prejudices are not acceptable does not constitute an
answer to these queries. Policy documents are not action. What actual
actions are you taking.

Please explain how you go about preventing and combating wrongful
interpersonal behaviour such as workplace bullying and harassment even if
it is not specific to any of these demographics.

Please provide for the last seven years how many complaints of conscious
or unconscious discrimination, bullying, harassment, sexual harassment
have been made. Also please provide the number of times people raised
these incidents but did not lodge a formal complaint.
Please explain how many of these cases were investigated and whether they
were investigated by your own people or external parties. Please explain
how you decide if an internal or external person is suitably qualified and
skilled and has the integrity needed for the investigation.
Please explain what actions have been taken against the perpetrators whose
actions gave rise to the complaints. 

Yours faithfully,

Lesley Harbern

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #11387 email]

Is [Ministry of Health request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Ministry of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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