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Public Service Act 2020

Government workforce policy

97: Government workforce policy: content

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"What the Government's workforce policy is about and what it covers"

The Government has a workforce policy that applies to certain agencies. You need to know that this policy is about making sure these agencies work efficiently and effectively when it comes to employment and workplace matters. The policy helps the agencies work consistently and well together.

The policy covers things like how collective agreements and individual employment agreements are negotiated, and how to manage employment relations. It also looks at workforce strategy, capacity, and composition, as well as pay equity and diversity. You can find more information about the agencies that are listed in the Public Finance Act 1989 and the companies listed in Schedule 4A of the same Act.

The Commissioner can ask agencies for information about these matters and specify how that information should be collected and reported. The policy must say which agencies it applies to, and this can include public service agencies, the New Zealand Police, and other organisations like the ones listed in Schedule 4 and Schedule 4A of the Public Finance Act 1989.

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Part 4Government workforce policy

97Government workforce policy: content

  1. Government workforce policy must relate to workforce matters (including employment and workplace) for the purpose of fostering a consistent, efficient, and effective approach to those matters across the affected agency or agencies specified in accordance with subsection (4).

  2. Workforce matters may, without limitation, include—

  3. the Government’s expectations about the negotiation of collective agreements and individual employment agreements in the State services (being expectations that do not determine pay or conditions); and
    1. the development and implementation of workforce strategy; and
      1. the promotion of more effective management of employment relations generally in the agencies specified in subsection (4); and
        1. workforce capacity and composition; and
          1. pay equity and workforce diversity and inclusiveness; and
            1. data and information held in the public service about agencies contracted to deliver services.

              1. Government workforce policy may provide for the Commissioner to—

              2. request from any affected agency information relating to the matters in subsection (2)(a) to (f); and
                1. specify requirements about how that information must be collected, classified, and reported to the Commissioner.

                  1. Government workforce policy must specify the agency or agencies to which it applies, which may be any or all of the following:

                  2. public service agencies:
                    1. the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Defence Force, and the Parliamentary Counsel Office:
                      1. Crown agents or other Crown entities:
                        1. organisations listed in Schedule 4, and companies listed in Schedule 4A, of the Public Finance Act 1989:
                          1. the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

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