NATIONAL OFFICE
Level 1, 101 Lambton Quay
PO Box 2799
WELLINGTON 6140
SX10166
T 0-4-499 2489
Our Ref: OIA22 - 6
F 0-4-499 2482
[ERO request email]
24 February 2022
www.ero.govt.nz
John Trafalgar
NZBN 9429041901809
Email:
[FYI request #18511 email]
Tēnā koe John
Official Information request - Mobile Phone Policy
I refer to your email dated 9 February 2022 to the Education Review Office requesting as follows
under the Official Information Act 1982:
A copy of ERO's mobile phone usage and reimbursement policy (in relation to the use of a mobile
phone with its usage fee paid for, in full or in part, by the Education Review Office, regardless of
whether the phone was supplied by ERO to an employee or contractor, or whether the
employee/contractor provided its own phone).
The term "reimbursement" in this request may refer to any reimbursement policy where ERO
requests the employee/contractor to reimburse ERO for private usage, or where ERO
subsidises/reimburses an employee/contractor for business usage of a mobile service not paid for by
ERO.
ERO has an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems and equipment policy for all
users so they are able to perform their duties under a contract of service or contract for service.
The ICT systems and equipment policy does not specifically cover “reimbursement” as defined in
your email.
ERO has a general policy on personal/private expenditure incurred in emergencies or exceptional
circumstances or where the claimant has prior approval of their manager to be charged to ERO. An
example of prior approved expenditure or exceptional circumstances could be for usage of a mobile
service by an employee/contractor while travelling overseas on ERO business.
Ngā mihi
Jeremy France
Deputy Chief Executive Corporate Services
Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga
National Office | Tari Matua
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