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

James Smith made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Education as part of a batch sent to 17 authorities

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Dear Department of Education,

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

I thank you in advance for processing this request.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

Education - FOI, Department of Education

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Dear Mr Smith.

 

I would like to acknowledge your FOI request to this department dated 26
February 2017. You have sought access to the following documents:

 

‘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 will be processed as soon as possible.

 

Regards.

 

Mal Bennett
Senior Government Lawyer
Corporate Legal Team | Child Care, Schools and Corporate Legal
Australian Government Department of Education and Training

Phone: (02) 6121 5161 | Level 10, 50 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra

 

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Dear Mr Smith.

 

Please find attached correspondence relating to your FOI request recently
lodged with this department.

 

Regards.

 

Mal Bennett
Senior Government Lawyer
Corporate Legal Team | Child Care, Schools and Corporate Legal
Australian Government Department of Education and Training

Phone: (02) 6121 5161 | Level 10, 50 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra

 

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