Conduct Guide for Boards and Committees: Supporting Information

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Accountability framework Legislation ●● Public Sector Management Act 1994 - s.8: General principles of human resource management, s.9: Act with integrity when performing official duties, comply with ethical codes and the public sector standards in human resource management ●● Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 ●● Criminal Code Chapter XII Corruption and Abuse of Office ●● Equal Opportunity Act 1984 ●● Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 ●● Industrial Relations Act 1979 ●● Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 ●● Disability Services Act 1993 ●● Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 ●● Board’s enabling legislation Across government requirements ●● ●● ●● Code of Practice Occupational Safety and Health in the Western Australian Public Sector - promotes strategies to help CEOs, managers and officers improve the work environment and ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (Public Sector Commissioner’s Circular 2009-11) Coordination of Public Sector Labour Relations - compliance with the coordination framework for labour relations is required, including circulars issued by the Department of Commerce (Premier’s Circular 2009/01) - available at www.commerce.wa.gov.au State Government Access Guidelines for Information, Services and Facilities - boards to fulfil social and legislative responsibilities by ensuring service accessibility by all customers, including people with a disability (Premier’s Circular 2003/08) 6 Public Sector Commission
●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● ●● Whole of Government Complaints Management Strategy - boards’ complaints management systems must conform to Australian Standard 4269 (Public Sector Commissioner’s Circular 2009-27) Equity and Diversity Plan - Government’s commitment to a public sector that represents the community at all levels of employment (Public Sector Commissioner’s Circular 2009-14) Implementation of the Policy Framework for Substantive Equality - aims to eliminate racial discrimination in public sector services and promote sensitivity to different client groups (Public Sector Commissioner’s Circular 2009-23) Obligations of an Officer - outlines eight behaviours expected of public officers (Administrative Instruction 707) Sick leave - outlines management issues, including occupational safety and health implications (Administrative Instruction 601) Approved Procedure 1 - Approved Classification System and Procedures Approved Procedure 2 - Senior Executive Service Approved Procedure 3 - Permanent Appointments (Public Service Officers) Approved Procedure 4 - Fixed Term Contract of Service Appointments (Public Service Officers) Approved Procedure 5 - Approved Contracts for Services Procedures Approved Procedure 6 - Determining Remuneration - Specialist Positions Approved Procedure 7 - Determining Remuneration - Attraction and Retention Benefits Conduct Guide for Boards and Committees - Supporting Information 7
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