Constructive Recruitment is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals and we are bound by the Privacy Act. Constructive Recruitment will collect personal and possibly sensitive information about you.

We impress on our clients that any of the information we gather, shall remain private and confidential and should not be disclosed to any other parties without permission.

Collection
Personal and Sensitive information will be collected from you directly when you complete one of our online forms or provide any other information in connection with your application or to us for registration.

Personal Information is any information about you which includes your work experience, qualifications and references about your work performance and other information obtained by us in connection with your possible work placements. Sensitive Information is any information that is private about you, including membership of professional association or a trade union, criminal record, health or disability (at any time) etc. Sensitive information can only be disclosed at your consent.

Your personal and sensitive information will be collected by Constructive Recruitment for its own use and on behalf of other internal departments of Constructive Recruitment who may require access to your personal and sensitive Information in connection with your work placements. Personal and sensitive information will be collected from you directly when you register by phone or internet in connection with being registered or considered for placement. Personal and sensitive information may also be collected when we receive: any reference about you, any information about a workplace accident in which you are involved or we receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace. Furthermore this information may be provided by you and could include medical tests, computer skill assessments and any other personal details.

Should you not choose to give Constructive Recruitment the information we seek we may be limited in our ability to locate suitable work for you and may be limited in our ability to place you in work.

Disclosure
Your personal and sensitive information may be used in connection with possible work placements, performance appraisals, our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects, any test or assessment (includes medical tests and assessments) that you might have 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.

Your personal and sensitive information may be disclosed to: potential and actual employers and clients of Constructive Recruitment; referees; our insurers; a professional association or registration body that has proper interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information.

Access
Subject to some exemptions which are set out in the national Privacy Principles (Principle 6 – Access & Correction) you have a right to see and have a copy of personal and sensitive information about you that we hold. If for any reason you are able to establish that personal or sensitive 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 and up-to-date. Should you wish to review your personal information you can contact the Privacy Co coordinator during office hours.

If you wish to contact us about your personal or sensitive information you should contact Constructive Recruitment’s privacy Co coordinator by email at info@constructive.net.au