IR-01-23-39234
26 February 2024
Jean Roberts
[FYI request #25091 email]
Tēnā koe Jean
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 8 December 2023. You
requested information about personal grievance claims.
I am doing a research on the cost of Personal grievance that the Government is
incurring in the last 3 years. Can I request under the Official Information Act
1-The number of Personal Grievances raised in your Ministry, in the last 3 years
broken down by year, and categories (for example: Bul ying, Unjustifiably
disadvantaged, constructive dismissal etc)
2- (in the last 3 years) The number of Mediation that took place broken down by
year
3-(in the last 3 years) The number of successful mediation broken down by year
4- (in the last 3 years) Of the PGs raised, how many went to Employment
Relations Authority broken down by year?
5- (in the last 3 years) How many cases were found against the Ministry broken
down by year?
While Police records information on individual employee files in relation to Personal
Grievances and Mediations, Police does not hold the information sought in a readily
retrievable format to be able to provide you with the requested breakdowns of data.
Accordingly, Police is refusing these parts of your request under section 18(g) of the
OIA, as the information requested is not held.
6- (in the last 3 years) How much money – in total- were paid to settle these
cases / or pay the fee required by ERA broken down by year?
7- How much money was covered by the Ministry’s liability insurance?
8- (in the last 3 years) How much money – in total – were paid to external Legal
consultants to defend the cases filed in ERA or to prepare the responses to the
case broken down by year?
9- (in the last 3 years) How many ERA cases resulted in reinstatement of
employee broken down by year?
10- If a case is found against the Ministry (the Ministry lost), what are the
consequences to the Manager involved in the incident?
Police is withholding the information requested in these parts of your request, in
accordance with the following sections of the OIA:
•
s9(2)(ba)(i), to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence
or which any person has been or could be compel ed to provide under the
authority of enactment, where making available of the information would be likely
to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same
source
•
s9(2)(j), where withholding is necessary to enable a Minister of the Crown or any
public service agency or organisation holding the information to carry out, without
prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial
negotiations).
Police considers the interests requiring protection by withholding the information are not
outweighed by any public interest in release of the information.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Jenny Catran
Director – Employment Relations
New Zealand Police
