Andorra PS Questions Government Over Staff Data Handed to Training Firm

The Social Democratic Party (PS) has asked the government to explain the legal basis for handing personal data on general administration staff to a private firm contracted to run training courses, and to set out the safeguards that were applied.

PS general councillor Laia Moliné has tabled two oral questions for the next government control session in the Consell General. The first concerns the transfer of employee information, including the administrative identification number (NIA), and the reasons the government considered it necessary to pass that identifier to the training provider. Moliné is also asking what data was judged essential for managing the courses and how affected workers were kept informed about its use.

The parliamentary initiative follows media reports on the disclosure of staff data and concerns raised by employees who say they were not told beforehand.

The second question addresses the roll-out of the new system for evaluating the performance of public employees. Moliné wants to know how the government plans to adapt evaluation criteria, procedures and resources to the range of duties and responsibilities across the Cos General and the special corps. The PS argues that a useful and fair assessment must take account of the work each professional carries out and the conditions in which they do it, and is seeking specifics on how the particular features of each corps will be captured and what resources will ensure the system is applied properly.

Through both questions, the social democrats are pressing for transparency in the management of public staff and for guarantees that employees know both how their data is used and the criteria against which their work will be assessed.

The government has not yet responded to the questions.