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Environment Act 1986

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Administrative provisions

11: Employees

You could also call this:

"The Commissioner can hire staff to help them and must treat them fairly."

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The Commissioner can appoint employees to help them do their job. You need to know that the Commissioner is in charge of negotiating employment agreements with these employees under the Employment Relations Act 2000. The Commissioner must be a good employer and follow a personnel policy that is fair. The Commissioner has to make sure employees are treated well. When the Commissioner appoints employees, they do not work for the government, even though they work for the Commissioner, as stated in the Public Service Act 2020. This means they are not government employees. The Commissioner is responsible for the employees they appoint. They have to follow the rules and be fair to their employees. The Commissioner's employees do not have the same status as government employees.

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Part 1Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Administrative provisions

11Employees

  1. The Commissioner may from time to time appoint such employees as may be necessary for the efficient carrying out of the Commissioner's functions, powers, and duties under this Act.

  2. The Commissioner is responsible for negotiating, under the Employment Relations Act 2000, every employment agreement applicable to employees appointed under this section.

  3. The Commissioner shall operate a personnel policy that complies with the principle of being a good employer.

  4. No person so employed shall be deemed to be employed in the service of the Sovereign for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 by reason of that person's appointment under this section.

Notes
  • Section 11: substituted, on , by section 2 of the Environment Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 11).
  • Section 11(2): substituted, on , by section 240 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (2000 No 24).
  • Section 11(4): editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
  • Section 11(4): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).