Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for your request for information about terminated staff due to
vaccination status at Auckland Council and covid sick days.

 

We have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

LGOIMA requires us to provide you with information no later than 20
working days after receiving your request. Your request will take longer
than usual. This is because the days commencing 20 December and ending 10
January are not counted as working days. This is explained in section 2(1)
of LGOIMA and at the Ombudsman's website
[1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 3 February 2025.

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Elaine Tunai-Po
( [2][email address] ) on 09 301 0101, quoting
reference 8140015143.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #29558 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 15 December 2024 6:56 am
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Terminated staff due to
vaccination status at Auckland Council and covid sick days

 

 

Dear Auckland Council,

I would like to know the number of Auckland Council staff who were
1. terminated from their employment or place on any form of " extended
leave" due to not being vaccinated for Covid-19 in 2021 and 2022.

2. granted Special Covid-19 Leave between 22nd November 2021 and 2nd July
2022. (Ie they were sick from Covid-19 and off work on paid sick leave
under "special covid19 leave")
- The total headcount of staff at this time of granting special covid-19
leave

I also request the information on the date that Auckland Council
implemented a covid-19 vaccination policy for its employees,
and the date this policy was removed (if removed).

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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Dear Erika,

 

Thank you for your request for information. Please find our response
letter attached. 

 

If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting
Official Information Request No 8140015143

 

Please note you have the right to request a review of this decision from
the Ombudsman.  

 

Kind regards 

Fernanda Maciel

Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner 

 

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Dear Erika,

 

Thank you for your follow-up email.

 

The fact that we purged all vaccine related information from our systems
means that this is no longer included in employee records, as we no longer
required this information for the purpose for which it had been collected.
This was done in accordance with the following recommendations from the
Privacy Commissioner:

[1]https://www.privacy.org.nz/resources-2/p...

 

Therefore, if any employees were terminated due to any reason related to
Covid vaccination status, this information would have been purged, and
their record would only show ‘terminated’. Hence, this request is
therefore under s 17(e) of the Local Government (Official Information and
Meetings) Act 1987 refused as the information does not exist.

 

I hope the above clarifies.

 

Kind regards,

 

Fernanda Maciel

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From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #29558 email]>
Sent: Friday, 24 January 2025 4:09 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: LGOIMA - 8140015143 - Vaccination status & covid sick days

 

Dear Official Information,

Thank you for your response.

There appears to be a misunderstanding: Request 1 is not for information
on medical records. This is for information on staff terminations for not
being vaccinated against covid 19.
The HR dept will have a record of this information.

Other Government agencies have answered this question in OIAs.
Would you kindly provide the information under the Act?

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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