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(6) What is the number of new staff that have been hired over this time and their retention rate;
(7) What is the mean average and median numbers of extra hours per week that staff in the Department have had to work since May 2006;
(8) What is the costs in time in lieu or extra payment for that additional work;
(9) What is the rate of sick leave since May 2006, both within the Department’s central office and across schools;
(10) What is the comparable figures for extra work and sick leave for the year leading up to May 2006.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Staff numbers (paid headcount) across the Department of Education and Training fluctuate due to the need to replace school based staff with casual staff for most absences. The number will also vary if the report date falls within a school term or during a school holiday period. Further, for 2006/2007, the numbers are also impacted on by the delay in confirming secondary school staff placements until the private arbitration process was finalised.
(a) The reduction in staff numbers (paid headcount) across the Department from 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006 was 174.
(b) Based on a similar need to employ casual staff in schools in both 2006 and 2007, staff numbers (paid headcount) across the Department from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 are forecast to fall by approximately 80.
(2) Of the number of staff who have separated from the Department of Education and Training from 1 July 2006:
(a) the actual number of staff separating between July 2006 and February 2007 is 420
(b) the following table shows the length of service of those separating between July 2006 and February 2007
|
1 – 2 years |
176 |
|
3 – 4 years |
46 |
|
5 – 6 years |
19 |
|
7 – 9 years |
14 |
|
10 – 15 years |
62 |
|
16 – 19 years |
31 |
|
20 to 29 years |
52 |
|
30 years or longer |
20 |
|
420 |
(c) Of the 420 staff who separated between July 2006 and February 2007 the number who:
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