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Public Service Act 2020

Government workforce policy

98: Rights, obligations, etc, not affected by Government Workforce Policy Statement

You could also call this:

"Government rules can't change your work rights or laws that apply to you."

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The Government Workforce Policy Statement cannot change your employment rights or the laws that apply to you. It also cannot create new rights or take away existing ones. If you want to see how this rule has been stated in the past, you can look at the 1988 No 20 s 55D(4) for comparison. The Statement does not affect the laws that apply to employees, chief executives, or the Commissioner. It is meant to work alongside the existing laws and rules without altering them.

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Part 4Government workforce policy

98Rights, obligations, etc, not affected by Government Workforce Policy Statement

  1. Despite anything in this Part, a Government Workforce Policy Statement must not—

  2. create, alter, or remove employment or other legal rights or obligations; or
    1. determine or alter the content of the law applying to employees or chief executives or the Commissioner.

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