Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 102

102 Directive about suspension

(1) The commissioner must make a directive about procedures relating to suspension from duty of public sector employees.

(2) The directive must make provision for the following matters—

(a) the periodic review by public sector entities or the commissioner of suspensions being considered or undertaken by a chief executive of a public sector entity, including, for example, the period within which reviews must be conducted to ensure the timely resolution of suspension matters;

(b) how the requirements of procedural fairness may be met in relation to decisions about suspensions, including, for example, requirements about providing reasons for decisions about suspensions;

(c) the circumstances in which a chief executive of a public sector entity may, under section 101 (4) (b) , decide a public sector employee is not entitled to normal remuneration for the period of the suspension of the employee;

(d) any other matter about procedures relating to suspension from duty of public sector employees the chief executive considers appropriate.

(3) The directive may make provision for the circumstances, and the way, in which a person may be reimbursed after a decision is made about whether or not the employee is liable for discipline for any remuneration the person does not receive during the person’s suspension.