Dear Ray J Smith,

 

Official Information ACT Request of 14 october 2016

 

I have been taking a keen interest in Callaghan and its objectives. I am
sincerely concerned about the organizational instability at Callaghan and
how this adversely affects the goals.

I would like to request the following information, for the last three
years:

•    Number of consultations commenced (minor and major)
•    Number of resulting reorganizations (minor and major)
•    Number of positions affected (disestablished and created)
•    Number of individuals been made redundant
•    Number of people leaving the Callaghan organization
•    Number of people leaders leaving the Callaghan organization
•    Number of people receiving a severance / redundancy payment
•    Total monetary amount of severance / redundancy payments

 

Your request will be considered and an answer provided in accordance with
the requirements of the Official Information Act 1982 on or before 14
November 2016

 

Please contact [1][email address] if you
have any questions or require any further information.

 

Regards

Gemma

 

 

Gemma Seddon

Ministerial Services & Governance Support Advisor

 

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DDI:        +64 4 931 3169

 

0800 4 CALLAGHAN (0800 422 552)

 

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Good afternoon Mr Smith,

 

Further to your email below please see attached letter.

 

Regards,

Gemma

 

Gemma Seddon

Ministerial Services & Governance Support Advisor

 

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DDI:        +64 4 931 3169

 

0800 4 CALLAGHAN (0800 422 552)

 

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Dear Mr Smith,

 

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
of 14 October 2016 requesting the following information:

 

“For the last three years:

 

• Number of consultations commenced (minor and major)

• Number of resulting reorganizations (minor and major)

• Number of positions affected (disestablished and created)

• Number of individuals been made redundant

• Number of people leaving the Callaghan organization

• Number of people leaders leaving the Callaghan organization

• Number of people receiving a severance / redundancy payment

• Total monetary amount of severance / redundancy payments”

 

Regards

 

Gemma

 

Gemma Seddon

Ministerial Services & Governance Support Advisor

 

[1]cid:image001.jpg@01D20DCB.40A4CCB0

 

DDI:        +64 4 931 3169

 

0800 4 CALLAGHAN (0800 422 552)

 

Get inspired – read [2]Accelerate ezine

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[4]www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

 

This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this
electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the
sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is
intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you
are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance
on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted
information is strictly prohibited.

 

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Dear Mr Smith,
 
Further to your request for clarification, please see our responses below:
 
1) Please confirm the reported periods. I asked for the last three years,
i.e. October 2013 - September 2016. The report states 2013/14 but doesn't
specify if this means Oct 2013 - Sept 2014, April 2013 - March 2014 or
July 2013 - Jun 2014. Please provide me with the numbers for the period I
asked for.
 
The information was supplied to you as per our standard reporting periods
in which Callaghan Innovation collates data to meet the reporting
requirements of the Public Finance Act 1989 and the Crown Entities Act
2003.
The date ranges for the information supplied are:

* 1 July – 30 June 2013/14
* 1 July – 30 June 2014/15 
* 1 July – 30 June 2015/16.

 
Should you require the information for a differing period of time to that
supplied there may be costs associated with this, due to the resource
requirements to extract this information.
S15 (1A) & (2)  of the Official Information Act 1982 refers:
(1A)
Subject to [1]section 24, every department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation (including an organisation whose activities are funded in
whole or in part by another person) may charge for the supply of official
information under this Act.
(2)
Any charge fixed shall be reasonable and regard may be had to the cost of
the labour and materials involved in making the information available and
to any costs incurred pursuant to a request of the applicant to make the
information available urgently.
We would also require that the whole of this charge is paid in advance as
per S15(3);
(3)
The department or Minister of the Crown or organisation may require that
the whole or part of any charge be paid in advance.
2) Please double check the numbers. The info provided shows obvious
mistakes: 971 people leaving in 2013/14 is clearly incorrect.
 
There were 97 people leaving the organisation in 2013/14  - footnote 1 of
our original response refers.
^1 of the 97 staff leaving, includes the 58 staff who transferred from
Callaghan Innovation to the Ferrier and Robinson Institutes at Victoria
University.
3) You refer to a number of annual reports for the answers to the last two
questions. Please be more helpful and specific (page numbers ,titles and
links to the documents requested ) or alternatively  provide the amounts
as requested. I cannot realistically be expected to read hundreds of pages
two find the numbers requested. One could possibly see this as "fobbing
off" or Callaghan not willing to be fully transparent.
 
Our Annual Reports are available publicly on our website, which do contain
the information you are seeking.
This information is reported in Financial Years of 1 July to 30 June.
Within each Annual Report the information is contained in the ‘Notes to
the Financial Statements; 3. Expenditure.’
 
As previously advised Annual Reports are available at the following link:
[2]https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/...
 
For the link to each corresponding years,  Annual Report please see below:
 
13/14
[3]https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/...
Page number: 52
 
14/15
[4]https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/...
Page number: 54
 
15/16
[5]https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/...
Page number: 78
 
Regards
 
Gemma
 
Gemma Seddon
Ministerial Services & Governance Support Advisor
 
 
DDI:        +64 4 931 3169
 
0800 4 CALLAGHAN (0800 422 552)
 
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This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this
electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the
sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is
intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you
are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance
on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted
information is strictly prohibited.
 
 
 
 
 

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