Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 88I

88I Commission may conduct review of department’s handling of work performance matters

(1) This section applies if, on the basis of information received under a work performance information directive, the commission chief executive reasonably considers it may be beneficial to conduct a review under this section to promote—

(a) the continuous improvement of a department’s practices regarding the handling of work performance matters; or

(b) the optimal resolution of a current work performance matter.

(2) The commission may—

(a) conduct a review of—

(i) 1 or more work performance matters that have been handled by the department; or

(ii) a current work performance matter; and

(b) give the chief executive of the department a report about the review.

(3) The report mentioned in subsection (2) (b) must include any recommendations made by the commission about—

(a) for a review mentioned in subsection (2) (a) (i) —improvements to the department’s practices regarding the handling of work performance matters; or

(b) for a review mentioned in subsection (2) (a) (ii) —the optimal resolution of the current work performance matter the subject of the review.

(4) A review under this section must be conducted—

(a) by the commission chief executive; or

(b) for the commission chief executive by—

(i) a staff member of the commission to whom the function is delegated under section 62 (1) ; or

(ii) any other appropriately qualified entity to whom the function is delegated under section 62 (2) .

(5) In this section—

"current work performance matter" means a work performance matter being handled by the department at the time the commission chief executive forms the view mentioned in subsection (1) .