Access to Pay Records

● performance or conduct, hours of employment, salary or wages, personal and emergency contact details,

● membership of a professional or trade association or trade union membership,

● recreation, long service, sick, maternity, paternity or other leave, or

● taxation, banking or superannuation affairs.

Generally, no-one can access your information other than you, your employer and the Payroll Officer. However, Industrial Inspectors, union officials, law enforcement agencies, investigative bodies or government agencies may be able to access your records (including personal information), to determine if there has been a contravention of laws. We will take reasonable steps to keep personnel files confidential to the extent permitted by law.

Personal information may also be disclosed where it is considered necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to life or health of an individual or another person.

Except for routine verifications of employment dates and most recent job title, no information from your personnel file will be released to the public, including the press, without a written request for specific information or your specific approval.

Storing Personal Information

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we hold and store your personal information in a secure environment to protect it from loss, unauthorised access, modification, disclosure or other misuse.

No copies of your personal information will be kept or stored locally or by your manager if there is no direct business need for the information.

However, no data transmission over email or the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us over the internet or via email. These activities are conducted at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security.

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