Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 149

149 Fixed term temporary employees and casual employees may ask for review of status after 1 year of continuous employment

(1) This section applies to a person who is a fixed term temporary employee or casual employee, if the person has been continuously employed in the same department for 1 year or more.

(2) However, this section does not apply to a non-industrial instrument employee.

(3) The person may ask the department’s chief executive to decide whether to—

(a) continue the person’s employment according to the terms of the person’s existing employment; or

(b) offer to convert the person’s employment basis to employment as a general employee on tenure or a public service officer.

(4) A person can not make more than 1 request under subsection (3) in a 12-month period.

(4A) For working out how long the person has been continuously employed in the department—

(a) all periods of authorised leave are to be included; and

(b) the person is to be regarded as continuously employed even if there are periods during which the person is not employed in the department, if the periods of non-employment in the department total 6 weeks or less in the year occurring immediately before the time when the duration of the person’s continuous employment is being worked out.

(5) In this section—

"fixed term temporary employee" includes a general employee employed under section 147 on a temporary basis for a fixed term.