APS employees

This week, the Australian Public Service Commission released the Statement of Common Conditions (the Statement), representing the conclusion of APS-wide bargaining. This marks an important milestone and signifies that agencies and bargaining representatives can now finalise their agency-level negotiations.

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While many HR departments are structured the same across agencies, managing a workforce of 30,000 can greatly differ from one of 30. We asked Sally Martin, acting General Manager of Workplace Relations at Services Australia what unique challenges, development opportunities and retention issues the size of their workforce provides them.

Do you need to grow the HR capabilities in your organisation? The APS HR Professional Stream has HR graduates and school leavers ready to join your agency in 2024!

Across the APS, staff with policy development and Budget responsibilities have a new string to add to their capability bow. Gender analysis that provides the Government with transparent information about the gender impact of its decisions is now required across Budget and policy processes.

With over 25 years’ experience, psychologist, Dr Jo Lukins, delivers programs on resilience and expert performance. Gain valuable advice on a variety of topics, including mental health initiatives, burnout prevention, having difficult conversations, goal setting, career progression and teamwork.

The Australian Public Service Commission recently announced changes to SES recruitment processes. The changes commenced on 1 October 2023.

While balancing work commitments and personal responsibilities is traditionally seen as the cause of burnout, we explore other emotional and mental causes HR professionals should be aware of.

The Commonwealth will improve its pay offer for APS employees by bringing forward the date of the Year 1 pay increase from 14 March 2024 to 21 December 2023. Due to the expected timing of ballots this will be provided as a one-off payment. This improvement is the Commonwealth’s final offer to conclude APS-wide bargaining.