PRIVACY

Protecting your privacy

At Lead Retail your privacy is important to us. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is respected and maintained at all times. As part of our compliance with the Privacy Laws and National Privacy Principles, Lead Retail requests you read the following information about privacy and disclosure of personal information about you where indicated to acknowledge your acceptance and understanding of this information.

Personal and sensitive information will be collected from you directly when you provide any information in connection with your application to us for registration.

What personal information is

Personal information means information about you, including your work experience, qualifications, aptitude test results, opinions about your work performance (e.g. references) and other information obtained by us in connection with your possible work placements.

sensitive information is

Sensitive information is more private information about you, including membership of a professional or trade associate or a trade union, criminal record, political opinion, health or disability. Sensitive information can, in most cases, only be disclosed with your consent.

We may collect personal or sensitive information about you when:

• we receive any reference about you
• we receive the results of any competency or medical test
• we receive a complaint from or about you in the workplace
• we receive any information about a workplace accident in which you were involved
• you provide us with any additional information about you

Your personal and sensitive information will be used in connection with:

• your actual or possible work placement
• checking your work rights status with any government department or body (or their agents)
• payment for work completed on a temporary/contract assignment
• follow up with you to offer you work or ascertain your availability for work
• 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 or sensitive information
• ensuring our internal business processes are running smoothly which may include quality assurance audits, quality and services evaluations, fulfilling legal requirements and conducting confidential systems maintenance and testing
• to undertake directly or through agent criminal reference checking with relevant government agencies

Your personal and sensitive information may be disclosed to:

• potential and actual employers and clients of Lead Retail
• referees
• our insurers
• a professional association or registration body that has an interest in the disclosure of your personal & sensitive information
• a Workers Compensation body
• any government department or body (or their agents) to verify your work rights status
• a designated, registered training provider in relation to training and personal development opportunities
• any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information
• prospective employers to use to verify suitability for employment

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