Long Term Financial Plan Guidelines - Page 16
Workforce planning and arrangements may have implications for a local
government’s assets and asset management. These may include requirements or
changes in regard to housing, equipment, vehicles, office location, office space and
fit-out, IT (hard and soft) and plant and tools. Changes in the use of certain assets
may be considered.
Employee-related areas with financial implications may include the following:
Workforce size and location, job characteristics and individual characteristics
Employment arrangements, including enterprise bargaining agreements,
workers’ compensation and superannuation
Government policy and legislative requirements
Recruitment, retention and retrenchment
Training and development.
Associated costs, including wider asset management considerations such as asset
condition, depreciation and maintenance, need to be identified and included in the
Long Term Financial Plan. The Workforce Plan requirements and costs should also
be included in the Asset Management Plan and Corporate Business Plan.
It should be recognised that there can be financial linkages from “informing plans”
that impact on the Workforce Plan, which in turn is reflected in the Long Term
Financial Plan. Informing Plans could include:
Equal Employment Opportunities Plan
Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (Outcome 7)
Reconciliation Action Plan
Information and Communications Technology Plan
Service specific plans
Others
For example, there may be commitments in the Disability Access and Inclusion Plan
that relate to the workforce. These are part of workforce solutions, so such
commitments and associated costs should also be reflected in the Workforce Plan.
Similarly, expenditure on computers and software may be linked to employee head
count in the Information and Communications Technology Plan, so the link needs to
be acknowledged in the Workforce Plan.
Further assistance is available by downloading the Workforce Planning Toolkit from
the Integrated Planning and Reporting pages of the Department of Local
Government and Communities’ website:
https://www.dlgc.wa.gov.au/Publications/Pages/IPR-Workforce-Planning-Toolkit.aspx