Public Service Employees

In reply to the Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (21 September 2018). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): I have been advised of the following

As at 30 June 2018, 16 employees had formally been declared excess in the SA Public Sector under the government's Redeployment, Retraining and Redundancy policy (compared to 40 as at 30 June 2017). The total cost of the employees is $1.7 million.

The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment publishes this data on an annual basis in the State of the Sector Report. Information at the level of detail requested is available but is not publicly released in the report given it can in some instances identify individuals in smaller agencies. On that basis, the data is not provided at an agency level in this response. A breakdown of the number of excess employees and total employment cost by classification is provided below.

(1) Data relates to the financial period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, and is still to be finalised by OCPSE for the State of the Sector Report 2018.

(2) Reflects total employment cost (TEC) of all excess employees for that classification and increment. TEC includes salary on-costs such as super, allowances, penalties and payroll tax. TEC of individuals at each classification may vary depending on factors such as FTE level and unpaid leave taken during the year.