Privacy Policy

Statement of commitment 

Perks People Solutions is committed to protecting an individual’s right to privacy and to full  compliance with its obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) as amended by the Privacy  Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 (Cth) (“Act”). In particular, Perks People Solutions will  comply with the National Privacy Principles contained in the Act. This Privacy/Collection  Statement explains some of these Principles and how they may apply to you. 

What is personal information? 

Personal information is any information or an opinion (whether true or not) about you. It may  range from the very sensitive (e.g. medical history or condition) to the everyday (e.g. address  and phone number). It would include the opinions of others about your work performance  (whether true or not), your work experience and qualifications, aptitude test results and other  information obtained by us in connection with your possible work placements. Sensitive  information can, in most cases, only be disclosed with your consent. 

How will your information be collected? 

Personal information will be collected from you when you submit any information in  connection with your application to Perks People Solutions. 

Personal information will also be collected when: 

• You attend an interview with one of our staff or are interviewed by other means by one of our staff; 
• We receive any reference about you; 
• We receive results of inquiries that we might make of your former employers, work colleagues, professional associations or registration body; 
• We receive the results of any competency or medical test; 
• We receive performance feedback (whether positive or negative); 
• We receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace; 
• We receive any information about a workplace accident or incident in which you are involved; 
• We receive any information about any insurance investigation, litigation, registration or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter, inquest or inquiry in which you are involved; 
• We receive a response to a job advertisement either written, verbal or email;
• We receive the outcomes of a psychological assessment; 
• You provide us with any additional information about yourself including banking, taxation, superannuation and other details in relation to the payroll function.

You can visit our website and browse without the need to disclose any personal information.  You may forward an email to us via the email link in our website. The information collected  through this email will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. We will add  your details to our database, unless you have specified that we do not do so. We will not  disclose or use your information for any other purpose other than the intended one. 

How will your information be used? 

Your personal information may be used in connection with: 

• Your actual or possible work placement; 
• Your performance appraisals; 
• Our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects; 
• Any test or assessment (including medical tests and assessments) that you might be required to undergo; 
• Our identification of your training needs; 
• Any workplace rehabilitation; 
• Our management of any complaint, investigation or inquiry in which you are involved;
• Any insurance claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal information. 

We may use and disclose your personal information to inform you of products and services via email, SMS, mail or other forms of communication, per the Spam Act and the Privacy Act. If you do not wish to receive such notifications, you can opt-out by contacting us via the contact details set out below or through the provided opt-out mechanism.

Who may your personal information be disclosed to? 

Potential and actual employers and clients of Perks People Solutions; 

• Referees; 
• Other areas of Perks People Solutions; 
• Our insurers; 
• A professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in the disclosure of your personal information; 
• A workers compensation body; 
• Our contractors and suppliers - e.g. Our I.T. Contractors, database designers, payroll, superannuation, insurance and workcover providers; 
• Any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information. 

If you do not give us the information we seek:

• We may be limited in our ability to locate suitable work for you; 
• We may be limited in our ability to place you in work. 

Security of your personal information

Your personal information may be stored either in hardcopy or electronically. Perks People  Solutions has security procedures in place to ensure the protection of your personal  information. 

Access to your information to correct it if it is wrong 

Subject to some exceptions which are set out in the National Privacy Principles (Principle 6 - Access and Correction), you have a right to see and have a copy of personal information about  you that we hold. 

If you are able to establish that personal information that we hold about you is not accurate,  complete and up-to-date, we will take reasonable steps to correct it so that it is accurate,  complete and up-to-date.

If we are unable to agree that personal information that we hold about you is accurate,  complete and up-to-date, you may ask us to place with the information a statement by you that  claims that particular information is not accurate, complete and up-to-date. 

If you wish to exercise your rights of access and correction you should contact our Privacy Officer, whose details are: 

Matthew Hobby 

Director

info@ppsconsulting.com.au 

In some cases we may impose a moderate charge for providing access to personal  information. We will not charge you simply because you lodge a request for access. 

How to contact us 

If you wish to contact us about your personal information you should contact our office during normal office hours 8.30am - 5.30pm on (08) 8273 9300, or info@ppsconsulting.com.au

or mail to 

6/81 Flinders Street 

Adelaide SA 5000