Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 148A

148A Employment of casual employees

(1) A chief executive may employ a person on a casual basis to perform work of a type ordinarily performed by a public service officer, other than a chief executive or senior executive, if employment of a person on tenure or as a fixed term temporary employee is not viable or appropriate.

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

(3) The commission chief executive must make a directive about the employment of casual employees employed under this section or section 147 , including the circumstances in which employment of a person on tenure or as a fixed term temporary employee is not viable or appropriate.