Collection of Personal and Sensitive Information

At Apsley Recruitment, we only require personal information that is relevant to the job you are applying for or information that you would like us to use in finding you future employment opportunities.  If you provide this information we understand you would like us to use it for this purpose.  If you give us more information than that we will not use it in our dealings with our clients on your behalf.

Personal Information will be collected from you directly when you submit an application through the internet (or print advertising) and personal and sensitive information will also be collected when:

·          we receive any reference about you;

·          we receive results of enquiries 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 feedback on your performance (whether positive or negative);

·          we receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace;

·          we receive any information about a workplace accident 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;

·          you provide us with any additional information about yourself.

How your information will be used. 

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

·          your actual or possible placement in a contract, casual or permanent job;

·          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 (or our client’s) 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.

Your personal and sensitive information may be disclosed to:

·          our clients and your potential and actual employers;

·          referees;

·          our associated companies and subsidiaries;

·          our insurers;

·          a professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information;

·          a Workers compensation body;

·          our contractors and suppliers – e.g. our I.T. contractors and database designers

·          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;

You can gain access to your information to correct it if it is wrong

The Privacy Act sets out your rights to see and have a copy of personal and sensitive information about you that we hold.

If you wish to exercise this right, please contact your Consultant or our Managing Director in the first instance.