Private use of social media advice provided to employees

James Smith made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Education, Skills and Employment as part of a batch sent to 204 authorities

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The request was partially successful.

Dear Department of Employment,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.

I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

Employment - FOI,

Good afternoon Mr Smith

 

I refer to your request to the Department of Employment (the Department)
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), dated 8 August 2017
(below).

 

The Department will advise you if a charge is payable to process your
request and the amount of any such charge as soon as practicable. 

 

Please note that information released under the FOI Act may be published
in a disclosure log on the Department’s website. Section 11C of the FOI
Act requires this publication, however it is subject to certain
exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable.

 

Should you have any queries about this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me via email: [1][email address].

 

Kind regards

 

 

James Ramsay

Information Law Team

Information Law, Practice Management and Corporate Advising Branch

Australian Government Department of Employment

 

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Good afternoon Mr Smith

 

Please see attached decision under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth), and documents.

 

Kind regards

 

 

James Ramsay

Government Lawyer

Information Law Team

 

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