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Employee disclosures
Employment profile
As at 30 June 2023, the department employed the equivalent of 1,186 full time
employees. A summary of the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees,
by category, for 2022-23 compared with 2021-22 is shown in Table 12.
Table 12: Total full-time equivalent by category
Category
2021-22
2022-23
Full-time permanent
567
615
Full-time contract
335
280
Part-time measured as full-time equivalent
189
219
Secondment in
47
39
Secondment out
2
2
64
31
1,204
1,186
Other
Total
Notes:
1. Data extracted on 11 July 2023.
2. The total of full-time equivalent employees was calculated as the monthly average full-time equivalent employees and
is the average hours worked during a period of time divided by the Award full-time hours for the same period. Hours
include ordinary time, overtime, all leave categories, public holidays, time off in lieu and workers' compensation.
3. Full-time equivalent employee figures provided are based on actual (paid) month-to-date, full-time equivalent
employees.
4. Excludes staff employed under the Health Services Union award.
5. Secondment-out figures may not accurately represent actual secondments out due to data capture limitations in the
Human Resource Data Warehouse.
6. The Other category includes casuals, agency and sessional employees.
Data Source: Human Resource Data Warehouse, Department of Health.
Industrial relations
The department is responsible for managing industrial relation matters that will
have systemwide impact.
A key function is the maintenance and modernisation of WA Health-specific
industrial instruments, which includes the negotiation, monitoring and evaluation
of industrial agreements and subsidiary agreements, and management of award
amendments.
During 2022-23, the following replacement industrial agreements were negotiated,
consistent with the Public Sector Wages Policy Statement 2022, and registered
with the WA Industrial Relations Commission:
⚫ WA health system - Medical Practitioners - AMA Industrial Agreement 2022
• WA health system - United Workers Union (WA) - Hospital Support Workers
Industrial Agreement 2022
WA health system - United Workers Union (WA) - Enrolled Nurses, Assistants
in Nursing, Aboriginal Health Workers, Ethnic Workers and Aboriginal Health
Practitioners Industrial Agreement 2022
⚫ WA health system - HSUWA - PACTS Industrial Agreement 2022
WA health system - Medical Practitioners (Clinical Academics) -
AMA Industrial Agreement 2022
WA Health Engineering and Building Services Industrial Agreement 2023.
In addition to this, in-principle agreement was reached for replacement industrial
agreements covering dental technicians and dental officers.
Negotiations continue for a replacement WA health system - Australian Nursing
Federation Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) and Enrolled
(Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2020.
In 2024, all WA Health industrial agreements will be subject to renegotiation.
Planning has commenced in preparation for this significant body of work.
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