Privacy Policy

Recruitment - Privacy

Work 4 U in Australia Pty Ltd ACN 120 954 878 is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. This policy sets out the way we handle your personal information including the use and disclosure of your personal information, as well as your right of access to your personal information.

Your Personal Information

In order to provide you employment services, we may need to collect personal information such as name, address, work history, qualifications, career details and or other information generally contained in the resume.

Collection

Where practicable the Work 4 U in Australia Pty Ltd will endeavour to collect personal information directly from you. In order to provide you with employment services we will need to collect personal information from you such as:

1. Your Name
2. Your Address
3. Your Qualifications
4. Your previous employment history

We may also collect your personal information from third parties upon processing your employment services:

1. Any referee nominated by you
2. Relevant professional or registration bodies

At the time or as soon as practicable afterwards, we collect your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of:

1. Our contact details;
2. Your rights with regard to accessing your personal information;
3. The purpose for which your personal information was collected;
4. To whom we usually disclose your personal information to;
5. Any law that requires us to collect particular personal information; and
6. The main consequences, if any, for you if you do not provide all or part of the information we require.

We will only collect personal information by fair and lawful means and not in an unreasonably intrusive manner.

Use and Disclosure

We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you provide to us remains private and is used only for the purposes you agree to. We will not reveal, disclose, sell, distribute, rent, license, share or pass your information on to a third party, other than those that we have a binding agreement with ensuring that the third party affords your personal information similar levels of protection as we do.

In order to provide you with employment services, we may need to disclose your personal information to third parties such as:

1. Potential employers;
2. Work cover compensation bodies;
3. Our insurance brokers and insurers;
4. Referee;
5. Any relevant professional associations or registration bodies;
6. Our contractors and suppliers;
7. Any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information.

We may use and disclose your personal information to provide you with employment services specified to you at the point of collection or for another purpose if:

1. you would reasonably expect us to disclose it for that purpose;
2. That purpose is related to the purpose specified to you at the time of collection;
3. We reasonably believe that the use is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious and imminent treat to an individual's life or health;
4. We have reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, or is being engaged in, and uses the information as part of its investigation, or in reporting its concerns to the relevant authority;
5. The use and disclosure is specifically authorised by the law; or
6. The use and disclosure is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the criminal law, a law imposing a pecuniary penalty, or for the protection of the public revenue.

We do not use or disclose your personal information for the purposes of direct marketing unrelated products or services.

Data Quality

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. You are encouraged to assist us in keeping your personal information accurate, complete and up-to-date by contacting our organisation and informing us of any changes to your details. You can contact us through our office phone number or by email.

Data Security

We are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We ensure this by having such security measures as:

1. Individual password access to systems and databases
2. Secure file cabinets

We will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer required for any purpose.

Access & Correction

You will be provided with the opportunity to access the personal information we hold on you and, where appropriate, you will be able to correct that information if it is determined that it is incorrect. We will allow any person on whom records are maintained to have access to those records unless legislation (e.g., the Freedom of Information Act) requests or authorises the refusal of access. To obtain access to your personal information please make a request to our office. Before giving access to information, we will require that you provide proof of identification and this along with the details of your request will be recorded on your file.

Sensitive Information

We will not collect personal information revealing your racial or ethnical origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, or details of health, disability or sexual activity or orientation unless:

1. Your consent has been obtained; or
2. The collection is required or specifically authorised by law; or
3. The collection is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of any individual, where the subject of the information is physically or legally incapable of giving consent; or
4. The collection is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim. We will collect details of your age but only for identification purposes.

This information will not be disclosed unless you consent or is authorised by law or other exemption under the Privacy Act.

Resolving Privacy Concerns

You are able to raise any concerns you may have regarding our personal information handling practices by either discussing your concerns with us or our recruitment Manager.

The Internet and Your Privacy

We use the World Wide Web in order to assist in providing employment and associated services. The following statement outlines how in the context of our web site your information is protected and recorded. By using the site you consent to the uses and disclosures outlined previously in this privacy policy.

Security

We take all reasonable steps to protect your security when using the site but you should be aware that no transmission of information to and from a website is ever totally secure. Whilst we will strive to ensure the personal information transmitted to or from our website is secure and protected from unauthorised access, we cannot fully guarantee the security of your information. Transmission is at your own risk.

It is important to remember that if you are using a computer in a public place, such as a library or community centre, you must remember to log-off, otherwise others may be able to access your personal information.