Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 188

188 Disciplinary action that may be taken against a public service employee

(1) In disciplining a public service employee, the employee’s chief executive may take the action, or order the action be taken, (
"disciplinary action" ) that the chief executive considers reasonable in the circumstances.

Examples of disciplinary action—

• termination of employment

• reduction of classification level and a consequential change of duties

• transfer or redeployment to other public service employment

• forfeiture or deferment of a remuneration increment or increase

• reduction of remuneration level

• imposition of a monetary penalty

• if a penalty is imposed, a direction that the amount of the penalty be deducted from the employee’s periodic remuneration payments

• a reprimand

(2) If the disciplinary action is taken following an agreement under section 187A (4) between the previous chief executive and the current chief executive mentioned in the section, the chief executives must agree on the disciplinary action.

(3) However, a monetary penalty can not be more than the total of 2 of the employee’s periodic remuneration payments.

(4) Also, an amount directed to be deducted from any particular periodic remuneration payment of the employee—

(a) must not be more than half of the amount payable to or for the employee in relation to the payment; and

(b) must not reduce the amount of salary payable to the employee in relation to the period to less than—

(i) if the employee has a dependant—the guaranteed minimum wage for each week of the period; or

(ii) otherwise—two-thirds of the guaranteed minimum wage for each week of the period.

(5) In acting under subsection (1) , the chief executive must comply with this Act and any relevant directive of the commission chief executive.

(6) An order under subsection (1) is binding on anyone affected by it.