Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 148

148 Employment of fixed term temporary employees

(1) A chief executive may employ a person (a
"fixed term temporary employee" ) for a fixed term to perform work of a type ordinarily performed by a public service officer, other than a chief executive or senior executive officer, if employment of a person on tenure is not viable or appropriate, having regard to human resource planning carried out by the chief executive under section 98 (1) (d) .

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , employment of a person on tenure may not be viable or appropriate if the employment is for any of the following purposes—

(a) to fill a temporary vacancy arising because a person is absent for a known period;

Examples of absences for a known period—

approved leave (including parental leave), a secondment

(b) to perform work for a particular project or purpose that has a known end date;

Examples—

employment for a set period as part of a training program or placement program

(c) to fill a position for which funding is unlikely or unknown;

Examples—

employment relating to performing work for which funding is subject to change or is not expected to be renewed

(d) to fill a short-term vacancy before a person is appointed on tenure;

(e) to perform work necessary to meet an unexpected short-term increase in workload.

Example—

an unexpected increase in workload for disaster management and recovery

(3) Also, without limiting subsection (1) , employment on tenure may be viable or appropriate if a person is required to be employed for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) on a frequent or regular basis.

Example—

an ongoing requirement to backfill multiple absences because of approved leave (including parental leave) or secondments

(4) The employment may be full-time or part-time.

(5) A person employed under this section does not, only because of the employment, become a public service officer.

(6) The commission chief executive may make a directive about employing fixed term temporary employees under this section.