Privacy Collection Statement – Employment

As much as possible, we will collect your information directly from you. We also obtain personal information from other people and organisations. If we collect your information from someone else and it is unclear that you have consented to the disclosure of your personal information to us, we will try to let you know that we have received your information and how. If you provide us with personal information in relation to another person, please ensure that you are legally entitled to do so and provide that person with a copy of this statement where appropriate.

We collect your personal information during the recruitment and onboarding process, and throughout your employment at Cancer Council and use it to manage processes associated with your employment or prospective employment relationship with us. These include:

• Recruitment, selection and appointment;
• Verifying details for your employment including work rights and relevant qualifications;
• Licences or permits, health and background checks;
• Payroll processing;
• Superannuation administration;
• Insurance purposes;
• Management of work-related travel;
• Contacting or locating you or notifying the relevant authority or your emergency contact if there are reasonable grounds to be concerned about your welfare or safety;
• Risk management, workplace health and safety and workers compensation matters;
• Managing and investigating performance, conduct and disciplinary matters;
• Employee training and development;
• Benchmarking, reporting, analysis, quality assurance and planning purposes;
• Employee performance reviews, probation and promotion;
• Informing you about CCQ news and events, activities, courses, and opportunities that may be of interest to you as an employee of CCQ;
• Compliance, where we are legally required to provide information to the Australian Taxation Office, the Department of Education and Training and Queensland Government, Department of Treasury and Finance or other Queensland Government agencies: and
• Additional specific services that are related to your employment.

In addition, aggregated data about employees, with personal identifiers removed, is routinely provided to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Workplace Gender Equity Agency, and various state and federal authorities.

Information provided by job candidates is used solely for the recruitment function and is treated confidentially.

If you are injured or become ill in the course of your employment, we may also collect additional relevant information which may include health information about your injury or illness, details of any WorkCover claim that you make, your return-to-work plan and any other health-related declarations statements, or assessments.

If you choose not to give us the personal information we request from you, we may not be able to process your employment related request or provide you with employment related services.

We may share your personal information with Cancer Council Australia, Cancer Councils in other States or Territories, other people and organisations so that they can provide us with services or collaborate with us, or when we are required to do so by law. If your employment relates to a service that is funded wholly or in part by Queensland Health, we may share your personal information with Queensland Health so that they can ensure that we are delivering quality services. If we share your personal information with others, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that they deal with your personal information appropriately.

Sometimes, we will disclose your personal information to other people and organisations who are not in Australia. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients do not breach the Australian Privacy Principles. By providing your personal information, you consent to this disclosure and acknowledge that if these overseas recipients handle your personal information in a way that breaches the Australian Privacy Principles, neither they nor we will be accountable under the Privacy Act. This means you will not be able seek redress under the Privacy Act. Please refer to the section of our Privacy Policy on our website that deals with overseas disclosures for further details.

If you do not agree to the disclosure of your personal information overseas, please contact our People & Culture Group using the contact details below. Please note that we may not be able to process your request or provide some services and/or products to you if you choose not to have your personal information disclosed to overseas recipients.

Our Privacy Policy is available on our website or on request by calling 13 11 20.