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Parliament Bill

Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies - Parliamentary Service - Employment in Parliamentary Service

132: Chief executive is employer and appoints and may remove employees

You could also call this:

"The boss of the Parliamentary Service chooses and can hire or fire employees."

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The chief executive can choose the employees they think are needed to work in the Parliamentary Service. You need to know the chief executive is like the boss of the Parliamentary Service employees. They have the power to hire and fire employees, but they must follow the rules in the employment agreement. The chief executive can remove an employee from their job at any time, as long as they follow the conditions in the employment agreement. If the chief executive appoints someone to a job, that appointment might not be final until it has been reviewed under clause 7 of Schedule 5. This review is like a check to make sure the appointment was fair and correct.

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Part 6Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies
Parliamentary Service: Employment in Parliamentary Service

132Chief executive is employer and appoints and may remove employees

  1. The chief executive may appoint to the Parliamentary Service the employees that the chief executive thinks necessary.

  2. The chief executive has the rights, duties, and powers of the employer of the employees of the Parliamentary Service.

  3. The chief executive may, subject to any conditions of employment included in the employment agreement applying to an employee, at any time remove that employee from their office or employment.

  4. An appointment under this section (except an appointment of a parliamentary party employee) is provisional pending the outcome of any review of that appointment under clause 7 of Schedule 5.