12 August 2020
Official Information Request No. 8140007154.
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
John Luke
By email –
fyi-request-13337-f [email address]
Dear John
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) 1987
Re: Salary bands
I refer to your email, which we received on 17 July 2020, requesting information about all the
positions in Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) where the
position holder is paid more than $150,000 per annum.
Your request was as follows:
Please provide a list of all the positions that meet the criteria ($150,000 or more), listed by
business group in the ATEED, and for each please provide the full position title, and the
associated remuneration and an indication of whether the position is fil ed by a permanent
employee or a contractor/consultant or other. I am comfortable if you wish to provide the
remuneration information in salary bands or ranges or similar, provided they are not too
large. I note that SSC uses ranges of $10,000 when identifying chief executive remuneration
which would be an acceptable range for my request.
For context can you please also provide me with the total number of staff in each business
group.
Please see our response below.
We considered the Ombudsman’s previous guidance on the disclosure of public sector staff
remuneration prior to making a decision. The Ombudsman has noted that salary information
should be disclosed in a form that does not unnecessarily interfere with the individual privacy
of staff.
Having done that, we refer you to the
ATEED Annual Report 2018/19 (the most recent
audited report available) which contains a table of remuneration for staff paid more than
$100,000 within that financial year – and therefore includes staff who had remuneration of
$150,000 or greater in the 2018/19 year.
Because it is a limited liability company, ATEED reports its staff remuneration in brackets of
$10,000 – in accordance with the Companies Act – 211(1)(g). ATEED does not identify the
roles within each band by specific job title as to do so would breach the privacy of individual
staff.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
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The top earning person was ATEED Chief Executive Nick Hill, while 15 other staff earned
$150,000 or above. One person was on a fixed term contract – the rest were permanent
employees. The specific job title of each person other than Nick Hil , and their actual
remuneration, is withheld under section 7(2)(a) of the LGOIMA to protect the privacy of
individuals.
However, ATEED has provided a breakdown of the division the 15 staff belonged to:
Division
Number of
Total number
staff earned of staff,
$150K +
including GMs
in group
(approx.)
Economic Development (includes Business, Skills &
4
95
Workforce, Innovation Precincts, Investment, Creative
Industries, Screen Auckland)
Destination (includes Major Events, Tourism, Auckland 4
95
Convention Bureau, Study Auckland)
Corporate (includes Strategy, Marketing, Operations,
7
25
Finance, and Communications & Media)
The decision to release this information to you was made by Lynn Johnson, General
Manager People and Capability, ATEED.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to your request, you
have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA, to apply to the
Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of the decision.
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting Of icial
Information Request No. 8140007154.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Parry-Crooke
Senior Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101