Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?

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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics,

This is request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request all documents wherein the outcome of any enterprise bargaining ballots were communicated to the department by the entity who undertook the ballots.

This shall include the YES/NO vote amounts or percentages as well as any additional information related to the vote. For example, a breakdown of the vote by employee location, or APS level.

The scope of this request covers any such documents that were received as a result of EBA offers made to staff under:

Workplace Bargaining Policy 2015
or
Australian Government Public Sector Workplace Bargaining Policy 2014

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

Caroline Blink, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Dear Mr Smith,

I refer to your application in which you seek access to documents under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (ABS reference FOI 201617/58)
regarding:


o all documents wherein the outcome of any enterprise bargaining ballots
were communicated to the department by the entity who undertook the
ballots. This shall include the YES/NO vote amounts or percentages as
well as any additional information related to the vote. For example, a
breakdown of the vote by employee location, or APS level. The scope of
this request covers any such documents that were received as a result
of EBA offers made to staff under: Workplace Bargaining Policy 2015 or
Australian Government Public Sector Workplace Bargaining Policy 2014

Your request was received by the ABS on the 26 February 2017 and the 30
days statutory period for processing your request commenced from that
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Kind Regards

FOI Contact Officer 

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

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Danielle Gillett, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Dear Mr Smith,

In response to your FOI request received on 26 February 2017, please find
attached the formal response from the ABS.

Should you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact
the ABS FOI Contact Officer on: 02 6252 7203 or email:
[1][ABS request email]

(See attached file: FOI 201617-58 - Resonse.pdf)

Kind Regards

FOI Contact Officer 

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

(P) (02) 6252 7203 

(E) [2][ABS request email]   (W)  [3]www.abs.gov.au

The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS handles any personal
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