Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 45

45 Employment on merit and for equity and diversity

(1) A person selected for employment in or to a public sector entity must be the eligible applicant best suited to the position.

(2) In deciding the eligible applicant best suited to a position, a person undertaking a recruitment and selection process in a public sector entity—

(a) must consider each eligible applicant’s ability to perform the requirements of the position; and

(b) may consider—

(i) the way in which each eligible applicant carried out any previous employment; and

(ii) the potential of each eligible applicant to make a future contribution to the entity; and

(iii) the extent to which the proposed decision would contribute to fulfilment of the entity’s obligations under chapter 2 , including, for example, the objectives, strategies and targets stated in the entity’s equity and diversity plan.