Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 137A

137A Commission chief executive must make directive about procedure for suspension

(1) The commission chief executive must make a directive about procedures relating to suspension from duty under section 137 .

(2) The directive must make provision for the following—

(a) the periodic review by departmental officers or the commission chief executive of suspensions being considered or undertaken by a department’s chief executive, including the period within which reviews must be conducted to ensure the timely resolution of suspension matters;

(b) how natural justice requirements may be met in relation to decisions about suspensions including requirements about providing reasons for decisions about suspensions;

(c) the circumstances in which a chief executive may, under section 137 (4) , decide a public service employee is not entitled to normal remuneration during a suspension of the employee.

(3) The directive may make provision for the circumstances, and the way, in which a person may be reimbursed for any remuneration the person does not receive during the person’s suspension after a determination is made about whether or not the employee is liable for discipline.