Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 192A

192A Commission chief executive must make directives about disciplinary action and investigating grounds for discipline and grievances

(1) The commission chief executive must make a directive about each of the following matters—

(a) managing disciplinary action under this chapter;

(b) procedures for investigating the substance of a grievance or allegation relating to a public service employee’s work performance or personal conduct.

(2) A directive under subsection (1) must make provision for—

(a) the periodic review by departmental officers or the commission chief executive of disciplinary action 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 disciplinary matters; and

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

(c) the circumstances in which a contravention of a relevant standard of conduct under section 187 (1) (g) is likely to be considered sufficiently serious to warrant disciplinary action.