Unvaxed Education staff not allowed to be terminated until 2 Jan 2022
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Education
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Education,
I am requesting the information about the MoE's understanding of the "Schedule 1
Transitional, savings, and related provisions" dated 7 Nov 2021 in the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.
The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 did not come in to affect for education workers until 2 Jan 2022.
I will copy and paste clause 8 of this order:
8 Transitional provision for relevant PCBUs of affected education services
Clause 8(1) and (3) does not apply to a relevant PCBU of an affected education
service until 2 January 2022.
Would you kindly share any memos, correspondence, legal advice, inter-ministry comms etc around Oct and Nov 2021 regarding this clause 8 and which Education bulletins this information was discussed for and published.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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From: Erika Whittome <[5][FOI #26759 email]>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 2:14 PM
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Subject: Official Information request - Unvaxed Education staff not
allowed to be terminated until 2 Jan 2022
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Dear Ministry of Education,
I am requesting the information about the MoE's understanding of the
"Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions" dated 7 Nov
2021 in the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.
The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 did not
come in to affect for education workers until 2 Jan 2022.
I will copy and paste clause 8 of this order:
8 Transitional provision for relevant PCBUs of affected education services
Clause 8(1) and (3) does not apply to a relevant PCBU of an affected
education service until 2 January 2022.
Would you kindly share any memos, correspondence, legal advice,
inter-ministry comms etc around Oct and Nov 2021 regarding this clause 8
and which Education bulletins this information was discussed for and
published.
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Enquiries National,
Part 1 of the request for information was:
1. The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 did not come in to affect
for education workers until 2 Jan 2022. I will copy and paste clause 8 of this order:
8 Transitional provision for relevant PCBUs of affected education services Clause
8(1) and (3) does not apply to a relevant PCBU of an affected education service
until 2 January 2022.
Would you kindly share any memos, correspondence, legal advice, inter-ministry comms
etc around Oct and Nov 2021 regarding this clause 8 and which Education bulletins this
information was discussed for and published.
You have shared this document :
https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
However there is nothing in this document covering the 2 Jan 2022 date mentioned in the "transitional savings" section of the Vax Order.
A search through the Nov and Dec 2021 bulletins also reveals no hits on https://bulletins.education.govt.nz/
I am requesting memos , correspondence etc on this 2 Jan 2022 date in the Vaccination Order "transitional Savings" . I assume it was discussed by the MoE otherwise it would not have made it into the Order.
Would you kindly provide the information on this date in the order as originally requested?
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request for information below. The Ministry will
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[1][email address].
Ngā mihi
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika Whittome <[5][FOI #26759 email]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2024 2:43 PM
To: Enquiries National <[6][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA 1328719/1328940/1329041 - Response
Dear Enquiries National,
Part 1 of the request for information was:
1. The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 did not
come in to affect for education workers until 2 Jan 2022. I will copy and
paste clause 8 of this order:
8 Transitional provision for relevant PCBUs of affected education services
Clause
8(1) and (3) does not apply to a relevant PCBU of an affected education
service until 2 January 2022.
Would you kindly share any memos, correspondence, legal advice,
inter-ministry comms etc around Oct and Nov 2021 regarding this clause 8
and which Education bulletins this information was discussed for and
published.
You have shared this document :
[7]https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
However there is nothing in this document covering the 2 Jan 2022 date
mentioned in the "transitional savings" section of the Vax Order.
A search through the Nov and Dec 2021 bulletins also reveals no hits on
[8]https://bulletins.education.govt.nz/
I am requesting memos , correspondence etc on this 2 Jan 2022 date in the
Vaccination Order "transitional Savings" . I assume it was discussed by
the MoE otherwise it would not have made it into the Order.
Would you kindly provide the information on this date in the order as
originally requested?
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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Kia ora Erika
Please find attached a response to your requests under the Official
Information Act 1982.
Nāku noa, nā,
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Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your email of 10 June 2024 via the FYI website, as a follow
up to your previous request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), requesting the following information:
Part 1 of the request for information was:
1. The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 did not
come in to affect for education workers until 2 Jan 2022. I will copy
and paste clause 8 of this order:
8 Transitional provision for relevant PCBUs of affected education services
Clause
8(1) and (3) does not apply to a relevant PCBU of an affected education
service until 2 January 2022.
Would you kindly share any memos, correspondence, legal advice,
inter-ministry comms etc around Oct and Nov 2021 regarding this clause 8
and which Education bulletins this information was discussed for and
published.
You have shared this document :
[1]https://assets.education.govt.nz/public/...
However there is nothing in this document covering the 2 Jan 2022 date
mentioned in the "transitional savings" section of the Vax Order.
A search through the Nov and Dec 2021 bulletins also reveals no hits on
[2]https://bulletins.education.govt.nz/
I am requesting memos , correspondence etc on this 2 Jan 2022 date in the
Vaccination Order "transitional Savings" . I assume it was discussed by
the MoE otherwise it would not have made it into the Order.
Would you kindly provide the information on this date in the order as
originally requested?
As advised in our response to your previous request, any further
information was refused under section 18(f) of the Act, as the information
requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research. We advised that this was due to the significant volume of
information regarding the topics shared with schools via the Bulletins at
the time, and that it was not centrally stored in a manner in which it
would be easily retrieved. We also advised that in coming to this
decision, as required by sections 18A and 18B of the Act, there was
consideration as to whether the Ministry would be able to meet your
request by seeking further refinement, fixing a charge, or extending the
time limit for responding, but found that none of these mechanisms would
be appropriate, and any possible refinement would be unlikely to reduce
the volume of material significantly.
Additionally, we advised that correspondence seeking or receiving legal
advice would be withheld under section 9(2)(h) of the Act, to maintain
legal professional privilege.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review my decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the
Act. You can do this by writing to [3][email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
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Dear Enquiries National,
I have lodged a complaint to the Ombudsman about this information not being supplied .
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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