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Chapter 6: The Values and workplace relations
This chapter examines employees’ perceptions and agencies’ practices regarding a number of the APS Values that impact on workplace relationships. It focuses initially on employee perceptions of how consistently merit is applied in employment decisions and the processes agencies use to make such decisions. The chapter then looks at agencies’ procedures for reviewing employment decisions, employees’ awareness of these procedures and their awareness of the review avenue offered by the Merit Protection Commissioner.
Major developments in APS remuneration are explored including the issue of overlapping salary ranges between classifications and the implications of such overlaps for merit. Information on interagency mobility is then presented. Workplace consultation is examined including the processes used by agencies and employees’ satisfaction with their overall say in decisions that impact on their work. Data are presented from Comcare on how effectively agencies are dealing with injured employees, along with employee perceptions relating to work–life balance and job satisfaction.