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Tēnā koe Chuck

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) 1982 request.

 

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Tēnā koe Mr Schooner,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) 1982 request received on
8 February  2022 for: 

 

Can you please provide the following in excel format along with a letter
with supporting information required

 

- Total Number of Covid Compliance Fines

- Business who was fined - if this is sensitive please redact this
information

- Location of business

- Date of fine

- Authority by which the fine was given

- What was the breach that the business did

- How the information was made known to Worksafe - eg did journalists nark
to the police, public tip-off, does worksafe have investigators and/or any
other methods used

 

Are you also able to provide the following relating to worksafe

 

Total Number of Employees in Worksafe to include full time workers,
contractors and part time workers 2018-2022

Range of salaries - lowest to highest

Median Salary

Range of contractor rates - lowest to highest

Median contractor rates

Total Cost of Salaries & Contractor Wages

Total Floor Area Leased in Wellington

Average sick days taken per agency

 

Can you also please provide the following - is Worksafe wholly funded by
the New Zealand taxpayer?

 

Please provide Worksafe Information 2018-2022

 

- Budgeted Cost for the year versus Actual - has worksafe managed to come
in under budget any year

 

- Can you also provide comment on if any employees have taken a pay cut
through the pandemic like a number of private companies? Yes or No

 

- What is the growth in employees since the pandemic began in Worksafe
(though I suspect this will be shown in the excel however from the
beginning of the pandemic please state total employees at that date
compared to todays date.

 

 

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your request within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days or notify
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WorkSafe New Zealand is currently working at a reduced capacity due to the
need for WorkSafe to respond to the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) Omicron
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Tçnâ koe Mr Schooner,

 

Please find attached WorkSafe New Zealand’s response to your request for
information.

 

Please contact [1][email address] if you have any questions.

 

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