Circulars, Guidance, and Advice
Published
The purpose of this circular is to inform agencies about the Australian Government’s policy concerning genuine and effective consultation with employees and relevant unions on matters that affect them in Commonwealth workplaces.
The independent APS Hierarchy and Classification Review provides advice to the APS Commissioner about ways the APS could streamline management and adopt best practice ways of working.
The purpose of this circular is to assist in the transition of employees to usual workplaces.
The purpose of this Circular is to provide advice to agencies about managing the fluctuating impacts of COVID-19. The following advice applies to all Commonwealth agencies and their employees including ongoing, non ongoing and casual employees.
This circular is to inform Australian Government agencies of changes to the minimum wage, specifically in regard to Australian Public Service Award 2015, the Australian Government Industry Award 2016 and other enterprise awards covering Australian Government employment.
Guidance for Australian Public Service agencies on how regulation 9.2 of the Public Service Regulations 1999 affects their ability to use and disclose the personal information of their employees, within their agencies and with other Australian Public Service agencies.
The Code of Conduct which all Australian Public Service employees must abide by
The following arrangements will apply in respect of making new industrial arrangements. This includes bargaining for new enterprise agreements, remuneration for common law agreements, or considering whether to make a determination providing remuneration increases under the Public Service Act 1999 or other enabling legislation, during the caretaker period.
The guide has been revised and updated to ensure it continues to meet the needs of Australian Public Service (APS) agencies and support the institutional integrity of the APS as a whole.
This circular is to advise APS agencies that the new Australian Public Service Commissioner's Directions 2022 have been made.
This Circular is to inform Agency Heads of their obligations on the use of probation for employees engaged into the Australian Public Service (APS).
The following table sets out the functions and powers of Agency Heads in the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2022.
The purpose of this circular is to guide agency decision-making around attendance at work, accessibility of leave conditions and other flexible working arrangements to support APS employees in the management of COVID-19 while delivering essential services to the community.
Once a determination has been made that an employee has breached the APS Code of Conduct (Code), the next stage in the misconduct process is the consideration of an appropriate sanction.
The process of determining a breach of the APS Code of Conduct (Code) requires the decision-maker to decide, after weighing the evidence, whether or not the person under investigation has on the balance of probabilities done what they were alleged to have done, and then to decide, as a consequence, whether or not the person has breached a particular element or elements of the Code.