Private use of social media advice provided to employees

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Dear Department of Employment,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.

I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

Employment - FOI,

Good afternoon Mr Smith

 

I refer to your request to the Department of Employment (the Department)
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), dated 8 August 2017
(below).

 

The Department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. 

 

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may be published
in a disclosure log on the Department’s website. Section 11C of the FOI
Act requires this publication, however it is subject to certain
exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable.

 

Should you have any queries about this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me via email: [1][email address].

 

Kind regards

 

 

James Ramsay

Information Law Team

Information Law, Practice Management and Corporate Advising Branch

Australian Government Department of Employment

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3895 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2017 7:22 PM
To: Employment - FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Private use of social media
advice provided to employees

 

Dear Department of Employment,

 

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an
employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their
social media use in a private capacity.

 

I limit the scope of documents to:

- the original request from the employee

- the agency/department's response

- any follow-up questions and response

- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar)
team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)

- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

 

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Smith

 

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Good afternoon Mr Smith

 

Please see attached decision under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth), and documents.

 

Kind regards

 

 

James Ramsay

Government Lawyer

Information Law Team

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Smith [mailto:[FOI #3895 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2017 7:22 PM
To: Employment - FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Private use of social media
advice provided to employees

 

Dear Department of Employment,

 

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an
employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their
social media use in a private capacity.

 

I limit the scope of documents to:

- the original request from the employee

- the agency/department's response

- any follow-up questions and response

- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar)
team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)

- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

 

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Smith

 

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[1][FOI #3895 email]

 

Is [2][email address] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Department of Employment? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[3]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/change_re...

 

This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. This
message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet.
More information on how Right to Know works can be found at:

[4]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...

 

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

 

 

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Notice:
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be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 488 064 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Local
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments.

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