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(ii)

a)

2007 -08

$1,219.29

b)

2008 – 09

$993.01

c)

2009 – present

$700.11

(iii)

a)

2007 -08

$1,335,730.88

b)

2008 – 09

$1,149,677.65

c)

2009 – present

$829,792.15

(iv) There is no provision for “unpaid overtime” in the ACT Public Service.

(v) Flextime provides a framework for an employee’s pattern of attendance at work to be according to the needs of the employee and the requirements of the work unit while maintaining and average 36.75 hours per week. Individuals and managers are responsible for recording hours worked. Flextime balances are not centrally captured and recorded.

(vi) An employee may have a maximum flextime credit equal to the employee’s normal weekly hours of duty, at the end of the settlement period. A settlement period comprises two pay periods (i.e. four weeks).

(vii) For flextime arrangements to work effectively managers and employees have a responsibility to manage hours of work to ensure that individuals are not building up excessive flex credits.

(viii) This information is not separately recorded, and I am not prepared to authorise the use of the considerable resources that would be required to determine the figure.

(ix) This information is not separately recorded, and I am not prepared to authorise the use of the considerable resources that would be required to determine the figure.

Public service—overtime and flex leave
(Question No 762)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Industrial Relations, upon notice, on 24 March 2010:

In relation to each agency within the Minister’s portfolio for (a) 2007-08,(b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 to date, (i) how much paid overtime, average hours per employee, was worked by staff, (ii) what was the average cost per employee, (iii) what was the total cost, (iv) how much unpaid overtime, average hours per employee, was worked by staff and if this data is not available, can the Minister provide an estimate, (v) how much flex leave was taken by staff, (vi) what is the maximum amount of flex leave that staff can accumulate, (vii) what practices are in place to mitigate flex time exceedences, (viii) how much flex leave has been lost by staff who exceed their maximum allowable levels and (ix) how much flex leave was lost by staff who left the service before taking that leave.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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