We collect personal information for a number of reasons, including:
- when you make a workplace complaint or when you email or phone us
- when we investigate a matter
- when we run a targeted campaign and compliance audit (i.e. an audit of a particular industry).
When you make a workplace complaint, we ask for your consent to send your complaint or parts of your complaint to other federal or state government agencies.
We do this when your workplace complaint relates to the responsibilities of other departments, e.g. the Department of Immigration and Citizenship may get a complaint against an employer who contravened skilled migration visa laws.
What's 'personal information'?
Personal information is information or opinion that identifies you or makes it possible for someone else to identify you.
Examples of personal information include:
- name, address, phone number and email address
- letters of offer, employment contracts, or agreements which contain identifying information
- work rosters, sign-in sheets, pay slips and bank statements
- statements we take that mean the person who made the statement, or persons referred to in the statement, can be identified.
'Personal information' only relates to an individual, not legal entities such as companies.