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Review of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act
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Review of the Public Sector Employment and Management
Act
What is the purpose the Act in the 21st Century?
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• Whose interests?- Community – citizens of the Northern Territory- Government
• Reciprocal rights and responsibilities- employer(s)- employee(s)
• Employment Contract- who are the parties?
Balancing interests?
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Rhetoric versus reality? Divergent perspectives – is alignment possible?
What is it like on the ground for Agencies? values principles rules
What is it like for CPE / OCPE? Whole of government Central agency Rule makers or enforcers
- How do we get alignment? How do we maintain it? - How do we get agility? Why we need it?
Values vs Principles
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• Community of the Northern Territory
• Government of the day
• OCPE
• Agencies
• Employees
• Employees’ representatives
Alignment of the Parties Roles’
and Responsibilities'
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Public Sector Employment and Management Act
Fair Work Bill Information Act Public Interest Disclosure Act Anti-Discrimination Act Workplace Health and Safety Act Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Mobility Act Care and Protection of Children Act
Governance – Overlapping Responsibilities
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"There are clear links between employee engagement and
effectiveness, which, in turn, affect productivity. Employee engagement goes to the heart
of organisational capability issues"
"Your organisation's success depends on
people's true engagement…..Research has shown that engaged
employees make for a stronger organisation and better business results"
Briggs (2005), Australian Government Public Service Commissioner as cited in
Meere (2005)
Right Management (2006)
Engagement
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Core values of the organisationValues around the customer
Workload stressOpen honest communication
Internal pay parityCareer opportunities
EmpowermentImmediate manager
Senior leaders valuing employeesTeamwork
Extent to which people are praisedRight Management 2005
Factors which drive Engagement
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Disproportionate expenditure of energy, effort and resources on dealing with the application of principles or rules relating to individual cases:
• Merit• Inability• Incapacity• Grievances• Appeals• Tenure
What can we do about this reality???
Coal Face Realities