Surplus Employees

In reply to Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (29 June 2023). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): I have been advised the following:

The Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment maintains the Excess Employee Database for the South Australian public sector.

The following table has been prepared based on data as at 30 June 2023 and is presented in a format to ensure employee privacy is maintained.

A number of employees do not work full time and the enterprise agreement that applies to the individual employees specifies the rates of pay as either hourly, weekly, or annual rates of pay. The rates shown are as they appear in the enterprise agreement, with the exception of Department for Infrastructure and Transport employees where actual maximum salary is shown.

The enterprise agreements also specify increments for the rates of pay and this information is provided in the table as the salary/wage range payable for a full-time employee.

As of 30 June 2023, there were a total of 112 employees declared as excess to requirements across the SA public sector.

Some of the employees listed below have been excess for more than 12 months. These employees may have either undertaken short-term placements that have extended their time as excess beyond 12 months or are employed under enterprise agreements where the employee remains excess until they secure an ongoing role.