Dear Government Communications Security Bureau,

I note this response from your office on 7 March 2022 about 4 people resigning and 3 being terminated for not being vaccinated
https://fyi.org.nz/request/18414/respons...

For the purposes of this request, the term “personnel” includes both GCSB’s employees and non-employee workers, including contractors, consultants, fixed-term staff, and agency placements. When not explicitly limited to “employees”, the term “personnel” is implied and refers to this broader group.

1. In 2022 how many staff were terminated for failure to comply with the covid-19 vaccination policy?

2. How many affected personnel left GCSB before receiving a termination notice during the introduction of the vaccination policy?

3. How many of the affected personnel were working in each operational area or departmental function (e.g. management, registry, IT, finance, HR, etc)? Please provide this disaggregated by job title or function to the extent reasonably practicable.

4. How many of the affected personnel were offered alternative positions, roles, or accommodations (e.g. remote work, redeployment, or other adjustments) as an alternative to termination? Please indicate whether such offers were made before or after termination notices were issued.

5. What was the total amount paid out by GCSB to resolve matters with these affected personnel, disaggregated (as far as reasonably practicable) into categories, including:
* back-pay
* redundancy payments
* settlements
* ex gratia payments
* sick leave or annual leave entitlements paid out
* any other categories of compensation or financial redress

Please also provide any contextual information necessary to interpret the figures (e.g. timeframes of payments, possible overlap between categories, or explanatory notes on classification methods used).

6. Were any external parties (e.g. Ministers, the Public Service Commission, Tertiary Commission , unions, or legal representatives) involved in the development of the vaccination policy leading to the terminations If so, please identify them and the nature of their involvement.

7. Did GCSB issue any internal guidance or policy outlining the process for implementing vaccine mandate-related terminations? If so, please provide a copy of that policy.

8. Please share the detailed risk assessments for workplaces at GCSB.

9. Please share the legal costs to date for any employment relationship problem arising out of the vaccination policy, including this matter at the Employment Relations Authority https://determinations.era.govt.nz/asset...

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome