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Hi Jake,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to Hon Chris Hipkins about pay restraint.

 

Please find attached a letter of reply.

 

Best wishes,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

From: Christina Connolly
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 7:23 AM
To: [email address]
Subject: RE: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Hi Jake

 

I refer to your official information request dated 7 May 2021 requesting
“information held by Minister Hipkins' office on the public sector pay
freeze advice received by the minister, communications and records of
meetings between the minister and officials regarding the pay freeze, and
anything else pertinent to the decision (including who the decision was
taken by)”.

 

The Official Information Act 1982 requires that I advise you of the
Ministers decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the
day the request was received. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to
meet that time limit and I am, therefore, writing to notify you of an
extension of the time to make a decision, to 2 July 2021.

 

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact me
([1][email address])

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Christina Connolly
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2021 12:00 PM
To: '[email address]' <[3][email address]>
Subject: FW: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Hi Jake,

 

Thank you for your OIA to Hon Chris Hipkins requesting “information held
by Minister Hipkins' office on the public sector pay freeze advice
received by the minister, communications and records of meetings between
the minister and officials regarding the pay freeze, and anything else
pertinent to the decision (including who the decision was taken by)”.

 

The Minister is considering your request and you can expect a reply by 4
June 2021.

 

Kind regards,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

From: Jake Pollock [[4]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2021 11:30 AM
To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[5][Chris Hipkins request email]>
Subject: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Tēnā koe

 

I am requesting information held by Minister Hipkins' office on the public
sector pay freeze, including any advice received by the minister,
communications and records of meetings between the minister and officials
regarding the pay freeze, and anything else pertinent to the decision
(including who the decision was taken by).

 

Ngā mihi

Jake Pollock

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Hi Jake,

 

As advised in the Minister’s response to your OIA request dated 5 July
2021, we have now published the following information listed in the table
below on the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission (the Commission)
website.

 

The documents can be found on the Commission’s website [1]here.

 

Item Date Report Number Document
Description
  2 April SSC2020/0057 REPORT:
2020 Managing
remuneration
pressures in
the State
Services
  28 2020/0161 JOINT
September REPORT: 
2020 Update on the
State Sector
Employment
Relations
Environment –
September
2020
  15 2021/0025 AIDE MEMOIRE:
February Update on
2021 Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement
  15 April 2021/0087 REPORT:
2021 Approval of
the
Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement on
employment
relations and
timing of
release
  26 2020/0201 REPORT: 
November Information
2020 release of
the 2020
Workforce
Data
  3 March 2021/0044 AIDE
2021 MEMOIRE: 
Oral item:
Pay Restraint
in the Public
Sector
  5 March 2021/0021 REPORT: 
2021 Updated
Employment
Relations
Expectations:
Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement
(GWPS) for
the public
sector
  12 April Not applicable CABINET
2021 PAPER:
Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement
  12 April CAB-21-MIN-0103 MINUTE:
2021 Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement for
the Public
Sector
  7 April SWC-21-MIN-0039 MINUTE:
2021 Cabinet
Social
Wellbeing
Committee
Minute of
Decision –
Government
Workforce
Policy
Statement for
the Public
Sector

 

Best wishes,

 

Christina

 

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

From: Christina Connolly
Sent: Monday, 5 July 2021 2:14 PM
To: '[email address]' <[email address]>;
'[FOI #15391 email]'
<[FOI #15391 email]>
Subject: RE: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Hi Jake,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to Hon Chris Hipkins about pay restraint.

 

Please find attached a letter of reply.

 

Best wishes,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

From: Christina Connolly
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 7:23 AM
To: [2][email address]
Subject: RE: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Hi Jake

 

I refer to your official information request dated 7 May 2021 requesting
“information held by Minister Hipkins' office on the public sector pay
freeze advice received by the minister, communications and records of
meetings between the minister and officials regarding the pay freeze, and
anything else pertinent to the decision (including who the decision was
taken by)”.

 

The Official Information Act 1982 requires that I advise you of the
Ministers decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the
day the request was received. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to
meet that time limit and I am, therefore, writing to notify you of an
extension of the time to make a decision, to 2 July 2021.

 

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time.

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact me
([3][email address])

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Christina Connolly
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2021 12:00 PM
To: '[email address]' <[5][email address]>
Subject: FW: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Hi Jake,

 

Thank you for your OIA to Hon Chris Hipkins requesting “information held
by Minister Hipkins' office on the public sector pay freeze advice
received by the minister, communications and records of meetings between
the minister and officials regarding the pay freeze, and anything else
pertinent to the decision (including who the decision was taken by)”.

 

The Minister is considering your request and you can expect a reply by 4
June 2021.

 

Kind regards,

 

Christina

 

Christina Connolly | Private Secretary| Office of the Minister for the
Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins

6.3 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

From: Jake Pollock [[6]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2021 11:30 AM
To: C Hipkins (MIN) <[7][Chris Hipkins request email]>
Subject: OIA0155 Request for information on public sector pay freeze

 

Tēnā koe

 

I am requesting information held by Minister Hipkins' office on the public
sector pay freeze, including any advice received by the minister,
communications and records of meetings between the minister and officials
regarding the pay freeze, and anything else pertinent to the decision
(including who the decision was taken by).

 

Ngā mihi

Jake Pollock

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