Number of Council staff earning less than $18.40 an hour
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Hamilton City Council
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Hamilton City Council,
Please supply, for the 2012-2013 financial year, the number of Council employees who were paid less than $18.40 per hour for their work.
Please include part time and temporary staff, but exclude staff of third party businesses providing contracted services to Council, and elected representatives.
Please break down the number of employees into the following age brackets:
a) under 18 years old
b) 18-24 years old
c) 25-34 years old
d) 35-44 years old
e) 45-54 years old
f) 55-64 years old
g) over 64 years old
I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Harris
From: Telephone Operators
Hamilton City Council
Hi Jude
Is this for you?
Cheers Gail
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Telephone Operators,
This OIA request is now a week overdue. Will I be receiving a response soon, or do I have to go to the Ombudsman?
Yours sincerely,
Alex Harris
From: Mary Birch
Hamilton City Council
Dear Alex,
Thank you for your attached email.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any record of your initial
Official Information Request regarding the number of Council Staff earning
less than $18.40 an hour, either through the Telephone Operators or the
Democracy Team, which handles these matters.
I have now forwarded your request to the relevant team within Council and
you will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible.
Please could you forward a copy of your original email, so that I can
identify why your request has not been picked up and processed?
Kind regards,
On Behalf of the Privacy Officer
Mary Birch
Team Leader | Democracy
DDI: 07 838 6772 | Email: [1][email address]
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Telephone Operators <[8][email address]>
Date: 18 December 2013 2:16:20 pm NZDT
To: Jude Pani <[9][email address]>
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Number of Council staff
earning less than $18.40 an hour
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Mary Birch,
The request was sent through FYI. A complete record of it - including an explicit acknowledgement by the phone operators as they CC'd FYI in on an internal handling question - can be found here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/1302-number-o...
Yours sincerely,
Alex Harris
From: Mary Birch
Hamilton City Council
Dear Alex,
I have been advised that the information relating to current staff members earning less than $18.40 will be relatively straightforward to collate. This will be provided to you as soon as possible.
However, to provide the entire 2012 – 2013 financial year data will take some time. Hamilton City Council staff will have to go back to the old payroll system. This system does not readily supply historical data and it will take some time for the staff to go through it entirely to extract the relevant information. Consequently, it is likely that if we have to do this we would be looking to charge for the hours it will take.
Please would you let me know whether current data is sufficient or whether you would like to proceed with your original request for the data in respect of 2012-13 Financial Year.
Kind regards,
On Behalf of the Privacy Officer
Mary Birch
Team Leader | Democracy
DDI: 07 838 6772 | Email: [email address]
Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 | www.hamilton.co.nz
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Mary Birch,
Current data would be sufficient.
Yours sincerely,
Alex Harris
From: Mary Birch
Hamilton City Council
Dear Alex,
Many thanks for getting back to me.
We will provide the current data as soon as we can.
Kind regards,
Mary Birch
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From: Mary Birch
Hamilton City Council
Dear Alex,
Further to your Official Information Request regarding the number of
Hamilton City Council Staff earning less than $18.40 an hour, the
information is provided as follows:
251 people are paid less than $18.40.
Many of these roles are casual/part time and are mostly based in the pools
and theatres.
The age demographics are:
Age Group Employee Count
under 18 5
18-24 112
25-34 48
35-44 26
45-54 19
55-64 19
65 or older 17
unknown 5
Grand Total 251
Kind regards,
Mary Birch
Team Leader | Democracy
DDI: 07 838 6772 | Email: [1][email address]
[2]Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
[3]www.hamilton.co.nz
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sender. Hamilton City Council does not accept any liability whatsoever in
connection with this email and any attachments including in connection
with computer viruses, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised
access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary
the content of this email, or any attachment, shall not be considered as
creating any binding legal obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any
views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.
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