Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 25

25 The management and employment principles

(1) Public service management is to be directed towards—

(a) providing responsive, effective and efficient services to the community and the Government; and

(b) maintaining impartiality and integrity in informing, advising and assisting the Government; and

(c) promoting collaboration between Government and non-government sectors in providing services to the community; and

(d) continuously improving public service administration, performance management and service delivery; and

(e) managing public resources efficiently, responsibly and in a fully accountable way; and

(f) promoting the Government as an employer of choice; and

(g) promoting equality of employment opportunity.

(2) Public service employment is to be directed towards promoting—

(a) best practice human resource management, including through the application of positive performance management principles; and

(b) equitable and flexible working environments in which all public service employees are—

(i) treated fairly and reasonably; and

(ii) remunerated at rates appropriate to their responsibilities; and

(c) a diverse and highly skilled workforce drawing from Government and non-government sectors; and

(d) employment on tenure as the default basis of employment for employees in the public service, other than for non-industrial instrument employees.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) are the
"management and employment principles" .